Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 114 Part 4.djvu/177

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PUBLIC LAW 106-501—NOV. 13, 2000 114 STAT. 2239 "(2) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part E (relating to family caregiver support) such sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years. "(3) Of the funds appropriated under paragraphs (1) and (2)— "(A) 4 percent of such funds shall be reserved to carry out activities described in section 375; and "(B) 1 percent of such funds shall be reserved to carry out activities described in section 376.". SEC. 303. ALLOTMENT; FEDERAL SHARE. (a) IN GENERAL. —Section 304 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3024) is amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following: "(a)(1) From the sums appropriated under subsections (a) through (d) of section 303 for each fiscal year, each State shall be allotted an amount which bears the same ratio to such sums as the population of older individuals in such State bears to the population of older individuals in all States. "(2) In determining the amounts allotted to States from the sums appropriated under section 303 for a fiscal year, the Assistant Secretary shall first determine the amount allotted to each State under paragraph (1) and then proportionately adjust such amounts, if necessary, to meet the requirements of paragraph (3). "(3)(A) No State shall be allotted less than V^ of 1 percent of the sum appropriated for the fiscal year for which the determination is made. "(B) Guam and the United States Virgin Islands shall each be allotted not less than Vi of 1 percent of the sum appropriated for the fiscal year for which the determination is made. "(C) American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall each be allotted not less than Vie of 1 percent of the sum appropriated for the fiscal year for which the determination is made. For the purposes of the exception contained in subparagraph (A) only, the term "State" does not include Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. "(D) No State shall be allotted less than the total amount allotted to the State for fiscal year 2000 and no State shall receive a percentage increase above the fiscal year 2000 allotment that is less than 20 percent of the percentage increase above the fiscal year 2000 allotments for all of the States. "(4) The number of individuals aged 60 or older in any State and in all States shall be determined by the Assistant Secretary on the basis of the most recent data available from the Bureau of the Census, and other reliable demographic data satisfactory to the Assistant Secretary. "(5) State allotments for a fiscal year under this section shall be proportionally reduced to the extent that appropriations may be insufficient to provide the full allotments of the prior year.". (b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR REALLOTMENT.— Section 304(b) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3024(b)) is amended in the first sentence by striking "part B or C" and inserting "part B or C, or subpart 1of part E,". SEC. 304. ORGANIZATION. Section 305(a) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3025(a)) is amended by—