Pub. L. 105-394, tit. III, sec. 302

AMOUNT OF GRANTS.

EnactedYear: 1998Length: 337 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 302. AMOUNT OF GRANTS. (a) In General.— 112 STAT. 3658 (1) Grants to outlying areas.— From the funds appropriated under section 308 for any fiscal year that are not reserved under section 308(b), the Secretary shall make a grant in an amount of not more than $105,000 to each eligible outlying area. (2) Grants to states.— From the funds described in paragraph (1) that are not used to make grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall make grants to States from allotments made in accordance with the requirements described in paragraph (3). (3) Allotments.— From the funds described in paragraph (1) that are not used to make grants under paragraph (1)— (A) the Secretary shall allot $500,000 to each State; and (B) from the remainder of the funds— (i) the Secretary shall allot to each State an amount that bears the same ratio to 80 percent of the remainder as the population of the State bears to the population of all States; and (ii) the Secretary shall allot to each State with a population density that is not more than 10 percent greater than the population density of the United States (according to the most recently available census data) an equal snare from 20 percent of the remainder. (b) Insufficient Funds.— If the funds appropriated under this title for a fiscal year are insufficient to fund the activities described in the acceptable applications submitted under this title for such year, a State whose application was approved for such year but that did not receive a grant under this title may update the application for the succeeding fiscal year. Priority shall be given in such succeeding fiscal year to such updated applications, if acceptable. (c) Definitions.— In subsection (a): (1) Outlying area.— The term “outlying area” means the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. (2) State.— The term “State” does not include the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.