PUBLIC LAW 104-208—SEPT. 30, 1996 110 STAT. 3009-298
under subsection (a) and not allotted under paragraph (1) for
any fiscal year, the Director shall award grants to each State
in an amount that bears the same relation to such remainder
as the population of the State bears to the population of all
States.
" (3) MINIMUM ALLOTMENT.—
"(A) IN GENERAL. —For the purposes of this subsection,
the minimum allotment for each State shall be $340,000,
except that the minimum allotment shall be $40,000 in
the case of the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated
States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.
"(B) RATABLE REDUCTIONS. — If the sum appropriated
under the authority of section 214 and not reserved under
subsection (a) for any fiscal year is insufficient to fully
satisfy the aggregate of the minimum allotments for all
States for that purpose for such year, each of such minimum allotments shall be reduced ratably.
" (C) SPECIAL RULE. —
"(i) IN GENERAL. —Notwithstanding any other
provision of this subsection and using funds allotted
for the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated
States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau under
this subsection, the Director shall award grants to
Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or
the Republic of Palau to carry out activities described
in this subtitle in accordance with the provisions of
this subtitle that the Director determines are not
inconsistent with this subparagraph.
"(ii) AWARD BASIS.— The Director shall award
grants pursuant to clause (i) on a competitive basis
and pursuant to recommendations from the Pacific
Region Educational Laboratory in Honolulu, Hawaii.
"(iii) TERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY. —Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Republic of the
Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia,
and the Republic of Palau shall not receive any funds
under this subtitle for any fiscal year that begins after
September 30, 2001.
"(iv) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. —The Director may
provide not more than 5 percent of the funds made
available for grants under this subparagraph to pay
the administrative costs of the Pacific Region Educational Laboratory regarding activities assisted under
this subparagraph.
"(4) DATA.— The population of each State and of all the
States shall be determined by the Director on the basis of
the most recent data available from the Bureau of the Census.
"SEC. 222. ADMINISTRATION.
20 USC 9132.
"(a) IN GENERAL. —Not more than 4 percent of the total amount
of funds received under this subtitle for any fiscal year by a State
may be used for administrative costs.
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