104 STAT. 2754 PUBLIC LAW 101-554—NOV. 15, 1990 Federal Register, publication. 29 USC 2307. Regulations. (2) MINIMUM STATE ALLOCATION.— No State shall receive an allotment for any fiscal year described in section 4(b) that is less than 0.5 percent of the total funds appropriated for such fiscal year. (3) TIMELY ALLOCATION. —(A) All allotments and allocations under this Act shall be based on the latest available data and estimates satisfactory to the Secretary. (B) Whenever the Secretary allots and allocates funds required to be allotted or allocated by formula or otherwise under this Act, the Secretary shall publish in a timely fashion in the Federal Register the proposed amount to be distributed to each recipient. (C) All funds required to be distributed by formula under this Act shall be allotted within 45 days after the enactment of the appropriations therefor. (D) All funds required to be distributed through competitive grants under section 5 of this Act shall be allotted within 30 days after the completion of the competition and the approval of grants. Qo) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT. — (1) IN GENERAL.— Except as provided in paragraph (2), a State is entitled to receive its full allocation of funds under section 40t)) of this Act for any fiscal year if the Secretary finds that the aggregate expenditures of public funds within the State with respect to the provision of services for di^laced homemakers for the preceding fiscal year WEIS not less than 90 percent of such aggregate expenditures of public funds for the fiscal year preceding the first fiscal year for which an allocation of funds is made under section 40t)). (2) REDUCTIONS.— The Secretary shall reduce the amount of the allocation of funds under section 40^) of this Act in any fiscal year in the exact proportion to which the State fails to meet the requirements of paragraph (1) by falling below 90 percent of the aggregate expenditures of public funds. (3) WAIVER.— The Secretary may waive, for any fiscal year, the requirements of this subsection if the Secretary determines that such a waiver would be equitable due to exceptional or uncontrollable circumstances such as a natural disaster or a precipitous and unforeseen decline in the financial resources of the State. SEC. 8. STATE PLAN. (a) PLAN REQUIRED.—In order to receive funds under section 40?) of this Act, the Governor of each State shall develop and submit to the Secretary for review and approval an annual State plan, describing the programs, assessment, and counseling activities, coordination and referral activities, and services for displaced homemakers to be assisted with funds provided. Such plan shall be submitted at such time and in such form as the Secretary shall require by regulation. G)) CONTENTS OF PLAN.— Each State plan submitted under subsection (a) shall— (1) contain assurances that funds provided under this Act will be used to supplement and not supplant Federal, State, and local public funds expended to provide services for displaced homemakers;
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