20 USC 2321 - Reservations and State allotment

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§ 2321.

Reservations and State allotment

(a)

Reservations and State allotment

(1)

Reservations

From the amount appropriated under section 2307 of this title for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve—

(A)

0.13 percent to carry out section 2325 of this title; and

(B)

1.50 percent to carry out section 2326 of this title, of which—

(i)

1.25 percent of the sum shall be available to carry out section 2326(b) of this title; and

(ii)

0.25 percent of the sum shall be available to carry out section 2326(h) of this title.

(2)

Foundational grant

(A)

In general

(B)

Ratable reduction

(3)

Additional funds

Subject to paragraph (4), from the additional funds remaining from the amount appropriated under section 2307 of this title and not expended under paragraphs (1) and (2) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot to a State for the fiscal year—

(A)

an amount that bears the same ratio to 50 percent of the sum being allotted as the product of the population aged 15 to 19, inclusive, in the State in the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the determination is made and the State’s allotment ratio bears to the sum of the corresponding products for all the States;

(B)

an amount that bears the same ratio to 20 percent of the sum being allotted as the product of the population aged 20 to 24, inclusive, in the State in the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the determination is made and the State’s allotment ratio bears to the sum of the corresponding products for all the States;

(C)

an amount that bears the same ratio to 15 percent of the sum being allotted as the product of the population aged 25 to 65, inclusive, in the State in the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the determination is made and the State’s allotment ratio bears to the sum of the corresponding products for all the States; and

(D)

an amount that bears the same ratio to 15 percent of the sum being allotted as the amounts allotted to the State under subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) for such years bears to the sum of the amounts allotted to all the States under subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) for such year.

(4)

Minimum allotment for years with additional funds

(A)

In general

(B)

Special rule

In the case of a qualifying State, the minimum allotment under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year for the qualifying State shall be the lesser of—

(i)

1/2 of 1 percent of the additional funds available for such fiscal year; and

(ii)

the product of—

(I)

1/3 of the additional funds; multiplied by

(II)

the quotient of—

(aa)

the qualifying State’s ratio described in subparagraph (C) for the fiscal year for which the determination is made; divided by

(bb)

the sum of all such ratios for all qualifying States for the fiscal year for which the determination is made.

(C)

Ratio

For purposes of subparagraph (B)(ii)(II)(aa), the ratio for a qualifying State for a fiscal year shall be 1.00 less the quotient of—

(i)

the amount the qualifying State is allotted under paragraph (3) for the fiscal year; divided by

(ii)

1/2 of 1 percent of the amount appropriated under paragraph (3) for the fiscal year for which the determination is made.

(D)

Definitions

(b)

Reallotment

(c)

Allotment ratio

(1)

In general

The allotment ratio for any State shall be 1.00 less the product of—

(A)

0.50; and

(B)

the quotient obtained by dividing the per capita income for the State by the per capita income for all the States (exclusive of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands), except that—

(i)

the allotment ratio in no case shall be more than 0.60 or less than 0.40; and

(ii)

the allotment ratio for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands shall be 0.60.

(2)

Promulgation

(3)

Definition of per capita income

(4)

Population determination

(d)

Definition of State

(Pub. L. 88–210, title I, § 111, as added Pub. L. 109–270, § 1(b), Aug. 12, 2006, 120 Stat. 691; amended Pub. L. 115–224, title I, § 110, July 31, 2018, 132 Stat. 1576.)

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