Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 1.djvu/572

 94 STAT. 522

42 USC 1397a.

42 USC 415.

42 USC 1397a.

PUBLIC LAW 96-272—JUNE 17, 1980 "(ii) The amount specified for purposes of clause (i) for fiscal year 1980 and each succeeding fiscal year shall be an amount (not exceeding $3,300,000,000) equal to the indexed ceiling amount for that fiscal year as determined under subparagraph (B).". db) Section 2002(a)(2) of such Act is amended (subject to subsection (c) of this section) by striking out subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D), and by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph: "(B)(i)(I) Except as otherwise provided in clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv), the indexed ceiling amount for any fiscal year shall be an amount equal to the indexed ceiling amount for the preceding fiscal year increased or decreased (as the case may be) by an amount determined under division (ID. "(II) For purposes of division (I) the amount of the increase or decrease (as the case may be) shall be an amount equal to $2,500,000,000, multiplied by a percentage equal to the positive or negative percentage change m the Consumer Price Index prepared by the Department of Labor, and used in determining cost-of-living adjustments under section 215(i) of this Act, for the second quarter of the preceding fiscal year as compared to such index for the second quarter of the second preceding fiscal year (rounded to the nearest one-tenth of 1 per centum). For purposes of this clause the Consumer Price Index for any quarter shall be the arithmetical mean of such index for the three months in such quarter. "(ii) If the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index as determined under clause (i)(II) for any fiscal year exceeds the inflation rate for that fiscal year as shown for that year (or, if no rate is shown for that year, for the most recent preceding year for which a rate is shown) in the table which appears on page 25 of Senate Budget Committee Report Numbered 96-311, then for such fiscal year such inflation rate shall be used in making the determination under clause (i)(II) instead of the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index. "(iii) The indexed ceiling amount determined under clause (i) shall, if not a multiple of $100,000,000, be rounded to the next lesser amount that is a multiple of $100,000,000. "(iv) The indexed ceiling amount for fiscal year 1979 shall be $2,500,000,000." (c) With respect tofiscalyear 1980 only— (1) subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 2002(a)(2) of such Act (as in effect immediately prior to the enactment of this Act) shall continue in effect, redesignated as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively; (2) the subparagraph of such section 2002(a)(2) which is redesignated as subparagraph (E) and continued in effect by paragraph (1) of this subsection is amended by striking out "subparagraph (B)" and "subparagraph (D)" and inserting in lieu thereof "subparagraph (D) and "subparagraph (F)", respectively; and (3) subparagraph (D) of such section 2002(a)(2) (as in effect immediately prior to the enactment of this Act) shall continue in effect, redesignated as subparagraph (F) and amended to read ajs follows: "(F) The amounts made available pursuant to subparagraph (E) for allotment in fiscal year 1980 shall be allotted by the Secretary to the States which have certified under subparagraph (D) that the amounts of their limitations for such fiscal year are less than their need for such year. The amount of such edlotment to any State (which shall be in addition to any payments made to the State under subparagraph (A)) shall bear the same ratio to

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