Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 110 Part 3.djvu/388

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110 STAT. 2118 PUBLIC LAW 104-193—AUG. 22, 1996 1995, the Secretary shall use information available as of October 5, 1995. "(E) APPROPRIATION.— Out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated for fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 such sums as are necessary for greints under this paragraph. " (2) BONUS TO REWARD DECREASE IN ILLEGITIMACY. — "(A) IN GENERAL. —Each eligible State shall be entitled to receive from the Secretary a grant for each bonus year for which the State demonstrates a net decrease in outof-wedlock births. " (B) AMOUNT OF GRANT. — "(i) IF 5 ELIGIBLE STATES.—I f there are 5 eligible States for a bonus year, the amount of the grant shall be $20,000,000. "(ii) IF FEWER THAN 5 ELIGIBLE STATES.—I f there are fewer than 5 eligible States for a bonus year, the amount of the grant shall be $25,000,000. "(C) DEFINITIONS.— As used in this paragraph: "(i) ELIGIBLE STATE.— "(I) IN GENERAL.— The term 'eligible State' means a State that the Secretary determines meets the following requirements: "(aa) The State demonstrates that the number of out-of-wedlock births that occurred in the State during the most recent 2-year period for which such information is available decreased as compared to the number of such births that occurred during the previous 2- year period, and the magnitude of the decrease for the State for the period is not exceeded by the magnitude of the corresponding decrease for 5 or more other States for the period. "(bb) The rate of induced pregnancy terminations in the State for the fiscal year is less than the rate of induced pregnancy terminations in the State for fiscal year 1995. "(II) DISREGARD OF CHANGES IN DATA DUE TO CHANGED REPORTING METHODS. —In making the determination required by subclause (I), the Secretary shall disregard— "(aa) any difference between the number of out-of-wedlock births that occurred in a State for a fiscal year and the number of outof-wedlock births that occurred in a State for fiscal year 1995 which is attributable to a change in State methods of reporting data used to calculate the number of out-of-wedlock births; and "(bb) any difference between the rate of induced pregnancy terminations in a State for a fiscal year and such rate for fiscal year 1995 which is attributable to a change in State methods of reporting data used to calculate such rate.