PUBLIC LAW 105-33—AUG. 5, 1997 111 STAT. 579 and to cooperate with the conduct of any such evaluation. "(IV) The State is an eligible State for the fiscal year. "(V) The State certifies that qualified State expenditures (within the meaning of section 409(a)(7)) for the fiscal year will be not less than the applicable percentage of historic State expenditures (within the meaning of section 409(a)(7)) with respect to the fiscal year. "(iii) ALLOTMENTS TO WELFARE-TO-WORK STATES.— "(I) IN GENERAL.— Subject to this clause, the allotment of a welfare-to-work State for a fiscal year shall be the available amount for the fiscal year, multiplied by the State percentage for the fiscal year. "(II) MINIMUM ALLOTMENT.— The allotment of a welfare-to-work State (other than Guam, the Virgin Islands, or American Samoa) for a fiscal year shall not be less than 0.25 percent of the available amount for the fiscal year. "(Ill) PRO RATA REDUCTION.— Subject to subclause (II), the Secretary of Labor shall make pro rata reductions in the allotments to States under this clause for a fiscal year as necessary to ensure that the total of the allotments does not exceed the available amount for the fiscal year. "(iv) AVAILABLE AMOUNT.—As used in this subparagraph, the term 'available amount' means, for a fiscal year, the sum of— "(I) 75 percent of the sum of— "(aa) the amount specified in subparagraph (I) for the fiscal year, minus the total of the Eimounts reserved pursuant to subparagraphs (E), (F), (G), and (H) for the fiscal year; and "(bb) any amount reserved pursuant to subparagraph (F) for the immediately preceding fiscal year that has not been obligated; and "(II) any available amount for the immediately preceding fiscal year that has not been obligated by a State or sub-State entity. "(v) STATE PERCENTAGE. —As used in clause (iii), the term 'State percentage' means, with respect to a fiscal year, V2 of the sum of— "(I) the percentage represented by the number of individuals in the State whose income is less than the poverty line divided by the number of such individuals in the United States; and "(II) the percentage represented by the number of adults who are recipients of assistance under the State program funded under this part divided by the number of adults in the United States who are recipients of assistance under any State program funded under this part.
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