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PUBLIC LAW 565-AUG. 3, 1954

income of which is exempt from taxation under section 101(6) of the Internal Revenue Code. " (f) Establishment of a workshop or rehabilitation facility means— "(1) in the case of a workshop, the expansion, remodeling, or alteration of existing buildings, necessary to adapt such buildings to workshop purposes or to increase the employment opportunities in workshops, and the acquisition of initial equipment necessary for new workshops or to increase the employment opportunities in workshops; and "(2) in the case of a rehabilitation facility, the expansion, remodeling, or alteration of existing buildings, and initial equipment of such buildings, necessary to adapt such buildings to rehabilitation facility purposes or to increase their effectiveness for such purposes (subject, however, to such limitations as the Secretary may by regulations prescribe in order to prevent impairment of the objectives of, or duplication of, other Federal laws providing Federal assistance to States in the construction of such facilities) and initial staffing thereof (for a period not exceeding one year). " (g) The term 'State' includes Alaska, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico, and for purposes of section 4, includes also Guam. " (h)(1) The 'allotment percentage' for any State shall be 100 per centum less that percentage which bears the same ratio to 50 per centum as the per capita income of such State bears to the per capita income of the continental United States (excluding Alaska), except that (A) the allotment percentage shall in no case be more than 75 per centum or less than 33l^ per centum, and (B) the allotment percentage for Hawaii shall be 50 per centum, and the allotment percentage for Alaska, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands shall be 75 per centum. "(2) The allotment percentages shall be promulgated by the Secretary between July 1 and August 31 of each even-numbered year, on the basis of the average of the per capita incomes of the States and of the continental United States for the three most recent consecutive years for which satisfactory data are available from the Department of Commerce. Such promulgation shall be conclusive for each of the two fiscal years in the period beginning July 1 next succeeding such promulgation: Provided, That the Secretary shall promulgate such percentages as soon as possible after the enactment of the Vocational Rehabilitation Amendments (jf 1954, which promulgation shall be conclusive for the three fiscal years in the period ending June 30, 1957. " (i) The 'Federal share' for any State for any fiscal year (other than the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954) shall be 100 per centum less that percentage which bears the same ratio to 40 per centum as the per capita income of such State bears to the per capita income of the continental United States (excluding Alaska), except that (A) the Federal share shall in no case be more than 70 per centum or less than 50 per centum, and (B) the Federal share for Hawaii and Alaska shall be 60 per centum, and the Federal share for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands shall be 70 per centum. In computing the Federal share of a State for a.year, the Secretary shall use the same figures for per capita incomes of the States and of the United States as he used in computing the allotment percentage of such State for such year. " (j) The population of the several States shall be determined on the basis of the latest figures furnished by the Department of Commerce, " (k) The term 'Secretary', except when the context otherwise requires, means the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare,

E St abl i shtne nt. Workshop.

R e h a b H i t ation facility.

"Allotment centage."

' Federal

State p o p u 1 a tion. 'Secretary.

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