Title 29 — LaborRelease 119-73
§49e Allotment of funds
Title 29 › Chapter CHAPTER 4B— - FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE › § 49e
Summary
The Secretary must first give Guam and the Virgin Islands the same share of the year’s available funds that each got in fiscal year 1983. After that, the rest of the money for the States is split so two-thirds is based on each State’s share of the civilian labor force (people working or looking for work) and one-third is based on each State’s share of unemployed people (those without jobs who are looking for work). No State can get less than 90% of its prior year’s share. A State must get at least 0.28% of the total. The Secretary may hold back up to 3% of the funds to make sure States have enough staff and support. By March 15 each year the Secretary must send preliminary planning estimates and by May 15 must send final planning estimates showing each State’s projected allocation for the next year, beginning with fiscal year 1983.
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Title 29, §49e
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(a)From the funds appropriated and (except for Guam) certified under section 49d of this title and made available for allotments under this section for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall first allot to Guam and the Virgin Islands an amount which, in relation to the total amount available for the fiscal year, is equal to the allotment percentage which each received of amounts available under this chapter in fiscal year 1983.
(b)(1)Subject to paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of this subsection, after making the allotments required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall allot the remainder of the funds described in subsection (a) for each fiscal year among the States as follows:
(A)two-thirds of such remainder shall be allotted on the basis of the relative number of individuals in the civilian labor force in each State as compared to the total number of such individuals in all States; and
(B)one-third of such remainder shall be allotted on the basis of the relative number of unemployed individuals in each State as compared to the total number of such individuals in all States.
(2)No State’s allotment under this section for any fiscal year shall be less than 90 percent of its allotment percentage for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the determination is made. For the purpose of this section, the Secretary shall determine the allotment percentage for each State (including Guam and the Virgin Islands) for fiscal year 1984 which is the percentage that the State received under this chapter for fiscal year 1983 of the total amounts available for payments to all States for such fiscal year. For each succeeding fiscal year, the allotment percentage for each such State shall be the percentage that the State received under this chapter for the preceding fiscal year of the total amounts available for allotments for all States for such fiscal year.
(3)For each fiscal year, no State shall receive a total allotment under paragraphs (1) and (2) which is less than 0.28 percent of the total amount available for allotments for all States.
(4)The Secretary shall reserve such amount, not to exceed 3 percent of the sums available for allotments under this section for each fiscal year, as shall be necessary to assure that each State will have a total allotment under this section sufficient to provide staff and other resources necessary to carry out employment service activities and related administrative and support functions on a statewide basis.
(5)The Secretary shall, not later than March 15 of fiscal year 1983 and each succeeding fiscal year, provide preliminary planning estimates and shall, not later than May 15 of each such fiscal year, provide final planning estimates, showing each State’s projected allocation for the following year.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 49e, act June 6, 1933, ch. 49, § 6, 48 Stat. 115, related to apportionment of appropriations, and certification to Secretary of the Treasury, prior to repeal by act Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 933, § 3, 64 Stat. 823.
Amendments
2014—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–128, § 304(1), substituted “funds appropriated and (except for Guam) certified under section 49d of this title and made available for allotments under this section” for “amounts appropriated pursuant to section 49d of this title”. Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 113–128, § 304(2), in introductory provisions, inserted “after making the allotments required by subsection (a),” before “the Secretary” and substituted “funds described in subsection (a)” for “sums appropriated and certified pursuant to section 49d of this title”; in subpars. (A) and (B), substituted “remainder” for “sums”; and, in concluding provisions, inserted “For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘State’ does not include Guam or the Virgin Islands.” at end. 1998—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 105–220 substituted “Secretary” for “Secretary of Labor” in concluding provisions.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2014 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 113–128 effective on the first day of the first full program year after
July 22, 2014 (
July 1, 2015), see section 506 of Pub. L. 113–128, set out as an
Effective Date
note under section 3101 of this title.
Effective Date
of 1998 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 105–220 effective July 1, 1999, see section 311 of Pub. L. 105–220, formerly set out as a note under section 49a of this title.
Effective Date
Section effective Oct. 1, 1983, but with Secretary authorized to use funds appropriated for fiscal 1983 to plan for orderly implementation of section, see section 181(i) of Pub. L. 97–300, which was formerly classified to section 1591(i) of this title. Definitions of Terms in Pub. L. 113–128 Except as otherwise provided, definitions in section 3 of Pub. L. 113–128, which is classified to section 3102 of this title, apply to this section.
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29 U.S.C. § 49e
Title 29 — Labor
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73