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[CITE: 42USC9906]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
           CHAPTER 106--COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
 
Sec. 9906. Allotments and payments to States


(a) Allotments in general

    The Secretary shall, from the amount appropriated under section 
9903(a) of this title for each fiscal year that remains after the 
Secretary makes the reservations required in section 9903(b) of this 
title, allot to each State (subject to section 9911 of this title) an 
amount that bears the same ratio to such remaining amount as the amount 
received by the State for fiscal year 1981 under section 2808 \1\ of 
this title bore to the total amount received by all States for fiscal 
year 1981 under such section, except--
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        (1) that no State shall receive less than \1/4\ of 1 percent of 
    the amount appropriated under section 9903(a) of this title for such 
    fiscal year; and
        (2) as provided in subsection (b) of this section.

(b) Allotments in years with greater available funds

                       (1) Minimum allotments

        Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), if the amount appropriated 
    under section 9903(a) of this title for a fiscal year that remains 
    after the Secretary makes the reservations required in section 
    9903(b) of this title exceeds $345,000,000, the Secretary shall 
    allot to each State not less than \1/2\ of 1 percent of the amount 
    appropriated under section 9903(a) of this title for such fiscal 
    year.

             (2) Maintenance of fiscal year 1990 levels

        Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to a fiscal year if 
    the amount allotted under subsection (a) of this section to any 
    State for that year is less than the amount allotted under section 
    9903(a)(1) of this title (as in effect on September 30, 1989) to 
    such State for fiscal year 1990.

                       (3) Maximum allotments

        The amount allotted under paragraph (1) to a State for a fiscal 
    year shall be reduced, if necessary, so that the aggregate amount 
    allotted to such State under such paragraph and subsection (a) of 
    this section does not exceed 140 percent of the aggregate amount 
    allotted to such State under the corresponding provisions of this 
    chapter for the preceding fiscal year.

(c) Payments

    The Secretary shall make grants to eligible States for the 
allotments described in subsections (a) and (b) of this section. The 
Secretary shall make payments for the grants in accordance with section 
6503(a) of title 31.

(d) Definition

    In this section, the term ``State'' does not include Guam, American 
Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands.

(Pub. L. 97-35, title VI, Sec. 675B, as added Pub. L. 105-285, title II, 
Sec. 201, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2730.)

                       References in Text

    Section 2808 of this title, referred to in subsec. (a), was repealed 
by Pub. L. 97-35, title VI, Sec. 683(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 519.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 9906, Pub. L. 97-35, title VI, Sec. 677, Aug. 13, 
1981, 95 Stat. 516, contained nondiscrimination provisions, prior to the 
general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 105-285.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 9907, 9908, 9911, 9915, 9916 
of this title.
