 
                 CHAPTER 72--MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES
 
             SUBCHAPTER II--LIBRARY SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY
 
                   Part 1--Basic Program Requirements
 
Sec. 9131. Reservations and allotments


(a) Reservations

                           (1) In general

        From the amount appropriated under the authority of section 9123 
    of this title for any fiscal year, the Director--
            (A) shall reserve 1.75 percent to award grants in accordance 
        with section 9161 of this title; and
            (B) shall reserve 3.75 percent to award national leadership 
        grants or contracts in accordance with section 9162 of this 
        title.

                          (2) Special rule

        If the funds reserved pursuant to paragraph (1)(B) for a fiscal 
    year have not been obligated by the end of such fiscal year, then 
    such funds shall be allotted in accordance with subsection (b) of 
    this section for the fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year for 
    which the funds were so reserved.

(b) Allotments

                           (1) In general

        From the sums appropriated under the authority of section 9123 
    of this title and not reserved under subsection (a) of this section 
    for any fiscal year, the Director shall award grants from minimum 
    allotments, as determined under paragraph (3), to each State. Any 
    sums remaining after minimum allotments are made for such year shall 
    be allotted in the manner set forth in paragraph (2).

                            (2) Remainder

        From the remainder of any sums appropriated under the authority 
    of section 9123 of this title that are not reserved under subsection 
    (a) of this section and not allotted under paragraph (1) for any 
    fiscal year, the Director shall award grants to each State in an 
    amount that bears the same relation to such remainder as the 
    population of the State bears to the population of all States.

                        (3) Minimum allotment

        (A) In general

            For the purposes of this subsection, the minimum allotment 
        for each State shall be $340,000, except that the minimum 
        allotment shall be $40,000 in the case of 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.

        (B) Ratable reductions

            If the sum appropriated under the authority of section 9123 
        of this title and not reserved under subsection (a) of this 
        section for any fiscal year is insufficient to fully satisfy the 
        aggregate of the minimum allotments for all States for that 
        purpose for such year, each of such minimum allotments shall be 
        reduced ratably.

        (C) Special rule

            (i) In general

                Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection 
            and using funds allotted for the Republic of the Marshall 
            Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the 
            Republic of Palau under this subsection, the Director shall 
            award grants to Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of 
            the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall 
            Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or the Republic 
            of Palau to carry out activities described in this 
            subchapter in accordance with the provisions of this 
            subchapter that the Director determines are not inconsistent 
            with this subparagraph.
            (ii) Award basis

                The Director shall award grants pursuant to clause (i) 
            on a competitive basis and pursuant to recommendations from 
            the Pacific Region Educational Laboratory in Honolulu, 
            Hawaii.
            (iii) Termination of eligibility

                Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Republic 
            of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, 
            and the Republic of Palau shall not receive any funds under 
            this subchapter for any fiscal year that begins after 
            September 30, 2001.
            (iv) Administrative costs

                The Director may provide not more than 5 percent of the 
            funds made available for grants under this subparagraph to 
            pay the administrative costs of the Pacific Region 
            Educational Laboratory regarding activities assisted under 
            this subparagraph.

                              (4) Data

        The population of each State and of all the States shall be 
    determined by the Director on the basis of the most recent data 
    available from the Bureau of the Census.

(Pub. L. 94-462, title II, Sec. 221, as added Pub. L. 104-208, div. A, 
title I, Sec. 101(e) [title VII, Sec. 702], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 
3009-233, 3009-297; amended Pub. L. 105-128, Sec. 4, Dec. 1, 1997, 111 
Stat. 2548.)


                               Amendments

    1997--Subsec. (a)(1)(A). Pub. L. 105-128, Sec. 4(1), substituted 
``1.75 percent'' for ``1\1/2\ percent''.
    Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Pub. L. 105-128, Sec. 4(2), substituted ``3.75 
percent'' for ``4 percent''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 9161, 9162 of this title.
