equitable distribution of assistance

equitable distribution of assistance Sec. 906. (a) (1) From the sums appropriated for any fiscal year under section 908 there shall be initially allotted for projects within each State an amount which bears the same ratio to such sum as the population, aged fifty-five or over in such State bears to the population aged fifty-five or over in all States, except, that (A) no State shall be allotted less than one-half of 1 per centum of the sum appropriated for the fiscal year for which the determination is made; and (B) Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands shall each be allotted an amount equal to one-fourth of 1 per centum of the sum appropriated for the fiscal year for which the determination is made. For the purpose of the exception contained in this paragraph, the term “State” does not include Guam, 87 Stat. 64American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. (2) The number of persons aged fifty-five or over in any State and for all States shall be, determined by the Secretary on the basis of the most satisfactory data available to him. (b) The amount allotted for projects within any State under subsection (a) for any fiscal year which, the Secretary determines will not be required for that year shall be reallotted, from time to time and on such (lutes during such year as the Secretary may fix, to projects within other States in proportion to the original allotments to projects within such States under subsection (a) for that year, but with such proportionate amount for any of such other States being reduced to the extent it exceeds the sum the Secretary estimates that projects within such State need and will be able to use for such year; and the total of such reductions shall be similarly reallotted among the States whose proportionate amounts were not so reduced. Any amount reallotted to a State under this subsection during a year shall be deemed part of its allotment under subsection (a) for that year. (c) The amount apportioned for projects within each State under subsection (a) shall be apportioned, among areas within each such State in an equitable manner, taking into consideration the proportion which eligible persons in each such area bears to such total number of such persons, respectively, in that State.