42 USC 804 - Coronavirus capital projects fund

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 26, 2024

§ 804.

Coronavirus capital projects fund

(a)

Appropriation

(b)

Payments

(1)

Minimum amounts

From the amount appropriated under subsection (a)—

(A)

the Secretary shall pay $100,000,000 to each State;

(B)

the Secretary shall pay $100,000,000 of such amount in equal shares to the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau; and

(C)

the Secretary shall pay $100,000,000 of such amount in equal shares to Tribal governments and the State of Hawaii (in addition to the amount paid to the State of Hawaii under subparagraph (A)), of which—

(i)

not less than $50,000 shall be paid to each Tribal government; and

(ii)

not less than $50,000, and not more than $200,000, shall be paid to the State of Hawaii for the exclusive use of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the Native Hawaiian Education Programs to assist Native Hawaiians in accordance with this section.

(2)

Remaining amounts

(A)

In general

From the amount of the appropriation under subsection (a) that remains after the application of paragraph (1), the Secretary shall make payments to States based on population such that—

(i)

50 percent of such amount shall be allocated among the States based on the proportion that the population of each State bears to the population of all States;

(ii)

25 percent of such amount shall be allocated among the States based on the proportion that the number of individuals living in rural areas in each State bears to the number of individuals living in rural areas in all States; and

(iii)

25 percent of such amount shall be allocated among the States based on the proportion that the number of individuals with a household income that is below 150 percent of the poverty line applicable to a family of the size involved in each State bears to the number of such individuals in all States.

(B)

Data

(c)

Timing

(d)

Definitions

In this section:

(1)

Secretary

(2)

State

(3)

Tribal government

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title VI, § 604, as added Pub. L. 117–2, title IX, § 9901(a), Mar. 11, 2021, 135 Stat. 233.)

cite as: 42 USC 804