PUBLIC LAW 106-501—NOV. 13, 2000 114 STAT. 2279 "(3) REDUCTION.— Allotments for States not affected by paragraphs (1) and (2)(B) of this subsection shall be reduced proportionally to satisfy the conditions in such paragraphs. "(f) ALLOTMENT PERCENTAGE. — For the purposes of subsections (d) and (e)— "(1) the allotment percentage of each State shall be 100 percent less that percentage which bears the same ratio to 50 percent as the per capita income of such State bears to the per capita income of the United States, except that: (A) the allotment percentage shall in no case be more than 75 percent or less than 33 percent; and (B) the allotment percentage for the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall be 75 percent; "(2) the number of persons aged 55 or over in any State and in all States, and the per capita income in any State and in all States, shall be determined by the Secretary on the basis of the most satisfactory data available to the Secretary; and "(3) for the purpose of determining the allotment percentage, the term 'United States' means the 50 States and the District of Columbia. "(g) DEFINITIONS.— In this section: "(1) COST PER AUTHORIZED POSITION.— The term 'cost per authorized position' mesuis the sum of— "(A) the hourly minimum wage rate specified in section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) (as amended), multiplied by the number of hours equal to the product of 21 hours and 52 weeks; "(B) an amount equal to 11 percent of the amount specified under subparagraph (A), for the purpose of covering Federal payments for fringe benefits; and "(C) an amount determined by the Secretary, for the purpose of covering Federal payments for the remainder of all other program and administrative costs. "(2) FISCAL YEAR 2000 LEVEL OF ACTIVITIES.— The term 'fiscal year 2000 level of activities' means— "(A) with respect to public and private nonprofit agency and organization grantees that operate under this title under national grants from the Secretary, their level of activities for fiscal year 2000, or the amount remaining after the application of section 514(e); and "(B) with respect to State grantees, their level of activities for fiscal year 2000, or the amount remaining after the application of section 514(f). "(3) GRANTS TO STATES.—The term 'grants to States' means grants under this title to the States from the Secretary. "(4) LEVEL OF ACTIVITIES.—The term 'level of activities' means the number of authorized positions multiplied by the cost per authorized position. "(5) NATIONAL GRANTS.—The term 'national grants' means grants to public and private nonprofit agency and organization grantees that operate under this title under national grants from the Secretary. "(6) STATE. —The term 'State' does not include Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands.
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