§796e Allotments

Summary

After any required set-asides, the Administrator must split the rest of the yearly money among States that have an approved State plan. The split is by population: a State gets the same share of the money as its share of the total U.S. population. If money is available, no State may get less than the amount it received for fiscal year 1992 under the old rules as they were the day before October 29, 1992. Also, if money is available and the 1992 rule does not apply, each State must get at least $275,000 or 1/3 of 1 percent of the yearly funds, whichever is larger. Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands are not treated as States for that 1/3 of 1 percent rule; instead each of those places must get at least 1/8 of 1 percent of the remainder. If total yearly funding goes up in a year starting with fiscal year 1999, the Administrator must raise the minimum amount from the previous rule by up to the same percentage the total funding increased. To make these minimum payments, the Administrator will reduce the other States’ shares fairly, but not below any State’s 1992 amount. If a State can’t spend all its money, the Administrator can move the unused funds to other States that can use them; those moved amounts count as added allotments. All money a State gets must be run by the State’s designated agency and follow the approved State plan.