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PUBLIC LAW 102-375—SEPT. 30, 1992 106 STAT. 1271 (b) Of the amount appropriated under subsection (a) for each fiscal year— "(1) 90 percent shall be available to carry out part A; and "(2) 10 percent shall be available to carry out part B.". TITLE VII—VULNERABLE ELDER RIGHTS PROTECTION ACTIVITIES SEC. 701. ALLOTMENTS FOR VULNERABLE ELDER RIGHTS PROTEC- TION ACTIVITIES. The Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: "TITLE VII—ALLOTMENTS FOR VULNER- ABLE ELDER RIGHTS PROTECTION ACTIVITIES "Subtitle A—State Provisions "CHAPTER 1-^ENERAL STATE PROVISIONS "SEC. 701. ESTABLISHMENT. 42 USC 3058. "The Commissioner, acting through the Administration, shall establish and carry out a program for making allotments to States to pay for the cost of carrying out vulnerable elder rights protection activities. "SEC. 702. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 42 USC 3058a. "(a) OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM. — There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out chapter 2, $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1992 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 1993, 1994, and 1995. "(b) PREVENTION OF ELDER ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND EXPLOI- TATION. —There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out chapter 3, $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1992 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 1993, 1994, and 1995. "(c) STATE ELDER RIGHTS AND LEGAL ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. —There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out chapter 4, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1992 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 1993, 1994, and 1995. "(d) OUTREACH, COUNSELING, AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. — There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out chapter 5, $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1992 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 1993, 1994, and 1995. "SEC. 703. ALLOTMENT. 42 USC 3058b. "(a) IN GENERAL. — "(1) POPULATION. — In carrying out the program described in section 701, the Commissioner shall initially allot to each State, from the funds appropriated under section 702 for each fiscal year, an amount that bears the same ratio to the funds as the population of older individuals in the State bears to the population of older individuals in all States.