§9133 Payments; Federal share; and maintenance of effort requirements

Summary

If money is provided under section 9123, the Director must pay each State library administrative agency that has an approved State plan the federal share of the costs in that plan. The federal share is 66 percent. The rest must come from non‑federal sources, such as State or local funds. A State can lose part of its allotment if its spending falls too low. If a State’s spending in the previous fiscal year is less than the average of its spending for the three fiscal years before that, the State’s allotment is cut. The cut equals the allotment multiplied by (the average minus the State’s spending that year) divided by the average. If federal funding for the program drops from one year to the next, the State spending requirement for the prior year is reduced by the same percentage when doing this test. Only State dollars spent by the State library agency on eligible library programs count, and one‑time capital costs or windfalls are excluded. The Director can waive these rules for fair reasons like a major disaster or a sudden, unexpected drop in State funds.