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 PUBLIC LAW 105-220—AUG. 7, 1998 112 STAT. 1207 for Individuals With Disabilities Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.). "(b) APPROPRIATIONS LESS THAN $5,500,000.— For any fiscal year in which the amount appropriated to carry out this section is less than $5,500,000, the Commissioner may make grants from such amount to eligible systems within States to plan for, develop outreach strategies for, and carry out protection and advocacy programs authorized under this section for individuals with disabilities who meet the requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (a)(1). "(c) APPROPRIATIONS OF $5,500,000 OR MORE. — "(1) RESERVATIONS.— "(A) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. — For any fiscal year in which the amount appropriated to carry out this section equals or exceeds $5,500,000, the Commissioner shall set aside not less than 1.8 percent and not more than 2.2 percent of the amount to provide training and technical assistance to the systems established under this section. " (B) GRANT FOR THE ELIGIBLE SYSTEM SERVING THE AMERICAN INDIAN CONSORTIUM.— For any fiscal year in which the amount appropriated to carry out this section equals or exceeds $10,500,000, the Commissioner shall reserve a portion, and use the portion to make a grant for the eligible system serving the American Indian consortium. The Commission shall make the grant in an amount of not less than $50,000 for the fiscal year, "(2) ALLOTMENTS. — For any such fiscal year, after the reservations required by paragraph (1) have been made, the Commissioner shall make allotments from the remainder of such amount in accordance with paragraph (3) to eligible systems within States to enable such systems to cany out protection and advocacy programs authorized under this section for individuals referred to in subsection (b). " (3) SYSTEMS WITHIN STATES.— "(A) POPULATION BASIS.—Except as provided in subparagraph (B), from such remainder for each such fiscal year, the Commissioner shall make an allotment to the eligible system within a State of an amount bearing the same ratio to such remainder as the population of the State bears to the population of sdl States. "(B) MINIMUMS. —Subject to the availability of appropriations to carry out this section, and except as provided in paragraph (4), the allotment to any system under subparagraph (A) shall be not less than $100,000 or Vz of 1 percent of the remainder for the fiscal year for which the allotment is made, whichever is greater, and the allotment to any system under this section for any fiscal year that is less than $100,000 or Vs of 1 percent of such remainder shall be increased to the greater of the two amounts. "(4) SYSTEMS WITHIN OTHER JURISDICTIONS.— "(A) IN GENERAL. — For the purposes of paragraph (3)(B), Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Meiriana Islands shall not be considered to be States. " (B) ALLOTMENT. — The eligible system within a jurisdiction described in subparagraph (A) shall be allotted

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