AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

SEC. 304. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. Section 275 (20 U.S.C. 9176) is amended—(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:“(a) Grants.—For the purpose of carrying out this subtitle, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Director $38,600,000 for fiscal year 2011 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2012 through 2016.”;(2) by striking subsection (b);(3) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b); and(4) by adding at the end the following:“(c) Funding Rules.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, if the amount appropriated under subsection (a) for a fiscal year is greater than the amount appropriated under such subsection for fiscal year 2011 by more than $10,000,000, then an amount of not less than 30 percent but not more than 50 percent of the increase in appropriated funds shall be available, from the funds appropriated under such subsection for the fiscal year, to enter into arrangements under section 274 to carry out the State assessments described in section 274(a)(4) and to assist States in the implementation of such plans.”.