42 USC 9859c - Amounts reserved; allotments

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§ 9859c.

Amounts reserved; allotments

(a)

Amounts reserved

(b)

State allotments

(1)

General rule

From the amounts appropriated under section 9859a of this title for each fiscal year and remaining after reservations are made under subsection (a), the Secretary shall allot to each State an amount equal to the sum of—

(A)

an amount that bears the same ratio to 50 percent of such remainder as the product of the young child factor of the State and the allotment percentage of the State bears to the sum of the corresponding products for all States; and

(B)

an amount that bears the same ratio to 50 percent of such remainder as the product of the school lunch factor of the State and the allotment percentage of the State bears to the sum of the corresponding products for all States.

(2)

Young child factor

(3)

School lunch factor

(4)

Allotment percentage

(A)

In general

(B)

Limitations

If an allotment percentage determined under subparagraph (A) for a State—

(i)

is more than 1.2 percent, the allotment percentage of the State shall be considered to be 1.2 percent; and

(ii)

is less than 0.8 percent, the allotment percentage of the State shall be considered to be 0.8 percent.

(C)

Per capita income

For purposes of subparagraph (A), per capita income shall be—

(i)

determined at 2-year intervals;

(ii)

applied for the 2-year period beginning on October 1 of the first fiscal year beginning after the date such determination is made; and

(iii)

equal to the average of the annual per capita incomes for the most recent period of 3 consecutive years for which satisfactory data are available from the Department of Commerce on the date such determination is made.

(c)

Data and information

(d)

Definition

(Pub. L. 106–310, div. A, title XIV, § 1404, Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1143.)

cite as: 42 USC 9859c