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PUBLIC LAW 93-203-DEC. 28, 1973

[87 STAT.

ALLOCATIOX OF F U N D S

SEC. 108. (a)(1) Llighty percent of the amount available for this title in any fiscal year shall be allotted in accordance with the provisions of this subsection. (2) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (4) — (A) 50 percent of the amount allotted under this subsection shall be allotted on the basis of the manpower allotment of the State in the fiscal year- prior to the year for which the determination is made compared to the manjjower allotment foi" all States in that year; (B) 371/2 percent of the amount allotted under this subsection shall be allotted on the basis of the relative number of vmeuiployed persons within the State as compared to such numbers in all States; (C) 121/^ percent of the amount allotted undei- this subsection shall be allotted on the basis of the relative number of adults in families with an annual income below the low-income level within the State compared to such total numbers in all States; (I)) Not less than $2,000,000 shall be allotted among Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, in accordance with their respective needs. (3) The sum allotted to each State shall be allotted by the Secretary among areas within the State on an equitable basis based upon the factors set forth in paragraph (2). (4) No prime sponsor shall be allocated an amount which is in excess of 150 percent of the amount received by the area served by that priine sponsoi' in the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal year- for which the determination was made except that if the amount so allocated is less than 50 percent of the amount to which such pi-ime sponsor- is entitled under- paragraph (2) in the fiscal year- for- which a determination was made, then such allocation shall be increased to 50 per-cent of the amoiuit of such entitlement. (b) Not more than 5 percent of the amount available for this title shall be available to the Secretary to encour-age, after- consultation with aird r-eceiviirg r-ecommendations from the Gover-nor- of the appr-opr-iate State, \'oluntar-y combinations formed under section 102 (a)(3)._ (c) Five per-cent of the funds available under title I shall be available only for- gr-ants under section 112 except that such gr-ants shall not iircr-ease the funds available in any pr-ime sponsor-*s area by nrore than 20 percent of the amount allocated to such pr-ime sponsor under- subsection (a). (d) One per-cent of the arnorrnt allocated under subsection (a) shall be available to the Secretary to be allocated in the same manner as l)rovided under subsection (a) to State pr-ime sponsors for the costs irrcrrr-r-ed in carrying orrt the provisions of section 107(a)(2)(B). If any State does not need the amoirnt allocated under- this subsection forany fiscal year, that amount shall be available for State services under section 106. (e) Four percent of the amounts available for this title shall be. available to each State in the same proportion as that State's allo<-ation under subsection (a) for State services under section 106. (f) The remainder of the frrnds shall be available in the Secretary's discretion. In exer-cising his discr-etion the Secretary shall fir-st rrtilize srrch firnds to provide each prime sponsor with an amoirnt for any fiscal year- equal to 90 percent of such area's manpower allotment in the preceding fiscal year. The remainder shall be distr-ibuted in the Secretary's discretion among ar-eas served by pr-ime sponsor-s (or where a prime sponsor's plan has not been approved an area served

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