112 STAT. 986 PUBLIC LAW 105-220—AUG. 7, 1998 (ii) APPLICABILITY OF ADDITIONAL REQUIRE- MENTS.— From the amount reserved under clause (i), the Secretary shall provide assistance to the outlying areas for dislocated worker employment and training activities sind statewide workforce investment activities in accordance with the requirements of section 127(b)(1)(B), except that the reference in section 127(b)(l)(B)(i)(II) to sections 252(a) and 262(a)(1) of the Job Training Partnership Act shall be deemed to be a reference to section 302(e) of the Job Training Partnership Act (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act). (B) STATES. — (i) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary shall allot the amount referred to in subsection (a)(2)(B) for a fiscal year to the States pursuant to clause (ii) for dislocated worker employment and training activities and statewide workforce investment activities. (ii) FORMULA.—Of the amount— (I) 33 Va percent shall be allotted on the basis of the relative number of unemployed individuals in each State, compared to the total number of unemployed individuals in all States; (II) 33Va percent shall be allotted on the basis of the relative excess number of unemployed individuals in each State, compared to the total excess number of unemployed individuals in all States; and (III) 33 Va percent shall be allotted on the basis of the relative number of individuals in each State who have been unemployed for 15 weeks or more, compared to the total number of individuals in all States who have been unemployed for 15 weeks or more. (iii) DEFINITION. — In this subparagraph, the term "excess number" means, used with respect to the excess number of unemployed individuals within a State, the number that represents the number of unemployed individuals in excess of 4.5 percent of the civilian labor force in the State. (3) DEFINITIONS.— For the purpose of the formulas specified in this subsection: (A) FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES.— The term "Freely Associated States" means the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau. (B) LOW-INCOME LEVEL. —The term "low-income level" means $7,000 with respect to income in 1969, and for any later year means that amount that bears the same relationship to $7,000 as the Consumer Price Index for that year bears to the Consumer Price Index for 1969, rounded to the nearest $1,000. (c) REALLOTMENT.— (1) IN GENERAL. — The Secretary shall, in accordance with this subsection, reallot to eligible States amounts that are
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