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 PUBLIC LAW 95-30—MAY 23, 1977 have the same rights and remedies as a person aggrieved by a violation of subsection (a) of section 122 of such Act, including the rights provided under section 124(c) of such Act.". SEC. 606. Section 215 of the Public W o r k s Employment Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6735) is amended by adding a t the end thereof the following new subsection: "(c)

91 STAT. 167

31 USC 1242. 31 USC 1244. Investigation, consultation.

ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF ALLOCATION.—The Secretary shall,

in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, conduct an investigation of— " (1) the extent to which allocations of funds provided under this Act might be more precisely related to true economic conditions by the use of data on aggregate declines in private real wages and salaries; " (2) the extent to which other factors, such as relative tax effort, should also be made part of the allocation system provided by this Act; and " (3) the availability and reliability of data concerning P u e r to Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the T r u s t Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the extent to which such territories may properly be made part of the regular allocation system applicable to the several States. The results of such investigation shall be submitted to the Congress Submittal to not later than March 1, 1978, in order that such results may be avail- Congress. able during congressional consideration of any extension of this Act beyond the fiscal year ending September 30. 1978.". SEC. 607. Title " l l of the Public W o r k s Employment Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6721-6735) is amended by adding at the end thereof the followino; new section: " AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUERTO RICO, GUAM, AMERICAN SAMOA, AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

" SEC. 216. (a) IN GENERAL.—There is hereby authorized to be appro- 42 USC 6736. priated for each of the five succeeding calendar quarters (beginning with the calendar quarter which begins on July 1, 1977) for the purpose of making payments under this title to Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands, an amount equal to 1 percent of the amount authorized for each such quarter under section 202(b). 42 USC 6722. "(b)

ALLOCATIONS.—

" (1) The Secretary shall allocate from the amount authorized under subsection (a) an amount for the purpose of making payments to such governments equal to the total authorized for the calendar quarter multiplied by the applicable territorial percentage. -^a " (2) For the purposes of this subsection, the applicable ter- Applicable ritorial percentage is equal to the quotient resulting from the territorial division of the territorial population by the sum of the territorial percentage. population for all territories. " (3) For purposes of this section— " (A) The term 'territory' means Puerto Rico, Guam, "Territory.' American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands.

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