116 STAT. 1670 PUBLIC LAW 107-252—OCT. 29, 2002 the voting age population proportion amount described in paragraph (3). (2) MINIMUM PAYMENT AMOUNT. —The minimum payment amount described in this paragraph is— (A) in the case of any of the several States or the District of Columbia, one-half of 1 percent of the aggregate amount made available for payments under this section; and (B) in the case of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, or the United States Virgin Islands, one-tenth of 1 percent of such aggregate amount. (3) VOTING AGE POPULATION PROPORTION AMOUNT.— The voting age population proportion amount described in this paragraph is the product of— (A) the aggregate amount made available for payments under this section minus the total of all of the minimum payment amounts determined under paragraph (2); and (B) the voting age population proportion for the State (as defined in paragraph (4)). (4) VOTING AGE POPULATION PROPORTION DEFINED. —The term "voting age population proportion" means, with respect to a State, the amount equal to the quotient of— (A) the voting age population of the State (as reported in the most recent decennial census); and (B) the total voting age population of all States (as reported in the most recent decennial census). 42 USC 15302. SEC. 102. REPLACEMENT OF PUNCH CARD OR LEVER VOTING MACHINES. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.— Deadline. (1) IN GENERAL. —Not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall establish a program under which the Administrator shall make a pay- ment to each State eligible under subsection (b) in which a precinct within that State used a punch card voting system or a lever voting system to administer the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in November 2000 (in this section referred to as a "qualifying precinct"). (2) USE OF FUNDS.— ^A State shall use the funds provided under a payment under this section (either directly or as reimbursement, including as reimbursement for costs incurred on or after January 1, 2001, under multiyear contracts) to replace punch card voting systems or lever voting systems (as the case may be) in qualifying precincts within that State with a voting system (by purchase, lease, or such other arrangement as may be appropriate) that— (A) does not use punch cards or levers; (B) is not inconsistent with the requirements of the laws described in section 906; and (C) meets the requirements of section 301. (3) DEADLINE.— (A) IN GENERAL. —Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a State receiving a payment under the program under this section shall ensure that all of the punch card voting systems or lever voting systems in the qualifying precincts
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