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^^20 USC 821, 20 USC 441.

20 USC 841.

861, 887, 887a.

PUBLIC LAW 93-380-AUG. 21, 1974

[88 STAT.

" (A)(i) aggregate amount which ^'Ould be appropriated under this subsection is at least equal to the aggregate amount appropriated for obligation by the Commissioner during the preceding fiscal year in which part B was in ( ffect, or "(ii) in the case of appropriations under this subsection for the first fiscal year in which part B is effective, such amount is at least equal to the aggregate amount appropriated for obligation by the Commissioner for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, or for the preceding fiscal year, whichever is higher, under title II and so much of title III as relates to testing, guidance, and counseling of this Act, and under title III (except for section 305) of the National Defense Education Act of 1958, and " (B) the sums appropriated pursuant to this subsection are included in an Act making appropriations for the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year in which such sums will be obligated, and are made available for expenditure prior to the beginning of such fiscal year, " (b)(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2), there is authorized to be appropriated the sum of $350,000,000 for obligation by the Commissioner during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and such sums as may be necessary for obligation by the Commissioner during each of the two succeeding fiscal years, ior the purpose of making grants under part C (Educational Innovation and Support) of this title. "(2) No funds are authorized to be appropriated under this subsection for obligation by the Commissioner during any fiscal year unless— " (A)(i) the aggregate amount which would be appropriated under this subsection is at least equal to the aggregate amount appropriated for obligation by the Commissioner during the preceding fiscal year in which part C was in effect, or " (ii) in the case of appropriations under this subsection for the first fiscal year in which part C is effective, such amount is at least equal to the aggregate amount appropriated for obligation by the Commissioner for fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, or for the preceding fiscal year, whichever is higher, under title III (except for programs of testing, guidance, and counseling), title V, and sections 807 and 808 of this Act, and " (B) the sums appropriated pursuant to this subsection are included in an Act making appropriations for the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year in which such sums will be obligated, and are made available for expenditure prior to the beginning of such fiscal year. "(c)(1) I n the first fiscal year in which appropriations are made pursuant to part B, 50 per centum of the funds so appropriated shall be available to the States to carry out part B of this title. The remainder of such funds shall be available to the States and shall be allotted to the States, or to the Commissioner, as the case may be, in such year, pursuant to title II and so much of title III as relates to testing, guidance, and counseling under this Act, and under title III (except for section 305) of the National Defense Education Act of 1958, for each such program in an amount which bears the same ratio to such remainder as the amount appropriated for each such program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, or for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the determination is made, whichever is higher, bears to the aggregate of such appropriated amounts. The amounts made available under the second sentence of this paragraph shall be subject to the provisions of law governing each such program.

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