Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 120.djvu/724

 PUBLIC LAW 109–270—AUG. 12, 2006

120 STAT. 693

with the preceding sentence shall be obtained by ratably reducing the amounts to be paid to other States. ‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULE.—In the case of a qualifying State, the minimum allotment under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year for the qualifying State shall be the lesser of— 1⁄2 of 1 percent of the amount appropriated ‘‘(i) under section 9 and not reserved under paragraph (1) for such fiscal year; and ‘‘(ii) the sum of— ‘‘(I) the amount the qualifying State was allotted under paragraph (2) for fiscal year 2006 (as such paragraph was in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006); and ‘‘(II) the product of— 1⁄3 of the additional funds; multiplied ‘‘(aa) by ‘‘(bb) the quotient of— ‘‘(AA) the qualifying State’s ratio described in subparagraph (C) for the fiscal year for which the determination is made; divided by ‘‘(BB) the sum of all such ratios for all qualifying States for the fiscal year for which the determination is made. ‘‘(C) RATIO.—For purposes of subparagraph (B)(ii)(II)(bb)(AA), the ratio for a qualifying State for a fiscal year shall be 1.00 less the quotient of— ‘‘(i) the amount the qualifying State was allotted under paragraph (2) for fiscal year 2006 (as such paragraph was in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006); divided by 1⁄2 of 1 percent of the amount appropriated ‘‘(ii) under section 9 and not reserved under paragraph (1) for the fiscal year for which the determination is made. ‘‘(D) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: ‘‘(i) ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—The term ‘additional funds’ means the amount by which— ‘‘(I) the sum appropriated under section 9 and not reserved under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year; exceeds ‘‘(II) the sum of— ‘‘(aa) the amount allotted under paragraph (2) for fiscal year 2006 (as such paragraph (2) was in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006); ‘‘(bb) the amount reserved under paragraph (1)(C) for fiscal year 2006 (as such paragraph (1)(C) was so in effect); and ‘‘(cc) $827,671. ‘‘(ii) QUALIFYING STATE.—The term ‘qualifying State’ means a State (except the United States Virgin

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