authorization of appropriations; allotment

authorization of appropriations; allotment Sec. 332. (a) There are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of this part $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1978. The provisions of section 414 of the General Education Provisions Act shall not apply to the authorization made by this subsection. (b) (1) From the sums appropriated under this part, the Commissioner of Education shall reserve an amount not to exceed $2,000,000, for the purpose of carrying out section 335 of this part. (2) From the remainder of the sums appropriated under this part, the Commissioner shall reserve such amount, not to exceed 3 per centum thereof, as he may determine necessary and shall allot such amount among the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, according to their relative need for assistance under this part, (3) (A) Of the remainder of the sums appropriated, the Commissioner shall allot to each State $100,000, and of the remainder of the sums appropriated the Commissioner shall allot to each State an amount which bears the same ratio to such sums for such year as the population of the State bears to the population of all States, for purposes of carrying out section 331, (B) For purposes of this paragraph, the term “State” means any of the several States and the District of Columbia. (c) The Federal share of funds allotted to States under this part shall not exceed 80 per centum of the total cost of the planning undertaken pursuant to this part.