25 U.S.C. § 1811: Grant adjustments

Summary

When there is not enough money to pay all eligible grants under section 1807, the Secretary must pay in a set order. First, each school that got money last year gets 95 percent of what it was paid last year. Next, schools that are new this year get an amount equal to the prior year’s per‑student payment times their projected Indian student count, given to them in the order they qualified so earlier qualifiers get paid before later ones. If money is left after those steps, the Secretary must raise the first group up to 100 percent of the per‑student product, then raise both groups proportionally. The per‑student amount is the money for section 1807 divided by the total Indian student count; the Secretary will estimate counts if needed. If even the 95 percent payments can’t be fully funded, those amounts are cut back proportionally. If more money later becomes available, cuts are restored proportionally first, then the remaining money is allocated as above. If grants were cut and no extra money arrives, each grantee must report unused funds 90 days before the grant ends. Reported unused funds are reallocated to other eligible grantees based on who still has unfunded need, but no one may receive more than the full amount allowed under section 1807(a).

Title 25, §1811

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(a)Formula for allocation

(1)If the sums appropriated for any fiscal year pursuant to section 1810(a)(2) of this title for grants under section 1807 of this title are not sufficient to pay in full the total amount which approved applicants are eligible to receive under such section for such fiscal year—

(A)the Secretary shall first allocate to each such applicant which received funds under section 1807 of this title for the preceding fiscal year an amount equal to 95 percent of the payment received by such applicant under section 1808 of this title;

(B)the Secretary shall next allocate to applicants who did not receive funds under such section for the preceding fiscal year an amount equal to 100 per centum of the product of—

(i)the per capita payment for the preceding fiscal year; and

(ii)the applicant’s projected Indian student count for the academic year for which payment is being made;

in the order in which such applicants have qualified for assistance in accordance with such section so that no amount shall be allocated to a later qualified applicant until each earlier qualified applicant is allocated an amount equal to such product; and

(C)if additional funds remain after making the allocations required by subparagraphs (A) and (B), the Secretary shall allocate such funds by—

(i)ratably increasing the amounts of the grants determined under subparagraph (A) until such grants are equal to 100 per centum of the product described in such subparagraph; and

(ii)then ratably increasing the amounts of both (I) the grants determined under subparagraph (A), as increased under clause (i) of this subparagraph, and (II) the grants determined under subparagraph (B).

(2)For purposes of paragraph (1) of this subsection, the term “per capita payment” for any fiscal year shall be determined by dividing the amount available for grants to tribally controlled colleges or universities under section 1807 of this title for such fiscal year by the sum of the Indian student counts of such colleges or universities for such fiscal year. The Secretary shall, on the basis of the most satisfactory data available, compute the Indian student count for any fiscal year for which such count was not used for the purpose of making allocations under this subchapter.

(b)Ratable reduction or increase in funds available for existing schools; excess funds; definition

(1)If the sums appropriated for any fiscal year for grants under section 1807 of this title are not sufficient to pay in full the total amount of the grants determined pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(A), the amount which applicants described in such subsection are eligible to receive under section 1807 of this title for such fiscal year shall be ratably reduced.

(2)If any additional funds become available for making payments under section 1807 of this title for any fiscal year to which subsection (a) or paragraph (1) of this subsection applies, such additional amounts shall be allocated by first increasing grants reduced under paragraph (1) of this subsection on the same basis as they were reduced and by then allocating the remainder in accordance with subsection (a). Sums appropriated in excess of the amount necessary to pay in full the total amounts for which applicants are eligible under section 1807 of this title shall be allocated by ratably increasing such total amounts.

(3)References in this subsection and subsection (a) to section 1807 of this title shall, with respect to fiscal year 1983, be deemed to refer to section 1806 of this title as in effect at the beginning of such fiscal year.

(c)Reallocation of funds

In any fiscal year in which the amounts for which grant recipients are eligible to receive have been reduced under the first sentence of subsection (a) of this section, and in which additional funds have not been made available to pay in full the total of such amounts under the second sentence of such subsection, each grantee shall report to the Secretary any unused portion of received funds ninety days prior to the grant expiration date. The amounts so reported by any grant recipient shall be made available for reallocation to eligible grantees on a basis proportionate to the amount which is unfunded as a result of the ratable reduction, but no grant recipient shall receive, as a result of such reallocation, more than the amount provided for under section 1807(a) of this title.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1998—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 105–244 substituted “controlled colleges or universities” for “controlled community colleges” and “such colleges or universities” for “such colleges”. 1990—Subsec. (a)(1)(A). Pub. L. 101–477, § 1(c)(1), amended subpar. (A) generally. Prior to amendment, subpar. (A) read as follows: “the Secretary shall first allocate to each such applicant which received funds under section 1807 of this title for the preceding fiscal year an amount equal to 95 per centum of the product of— “(i) the per capita payment for the preceding fiscal year; and “(ii) such applicant’s Indian student count for the current fiscal year;”. Subsec. (a)(1)(B)(ii). Pub. L. 101–477, § 1(c)(2), amended cl. (ii) generally. Prior to amendment, cl. (ii) read as follows: “the applicant’s Indian student count for the current fiscal year;”. 1983—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–192, § 10, amended subsec. (a) generally, substituting provision establishing a formula to be used to determine funding between existing and newly eligible schools when funds appropriated are not sufficient to pay in full the total amount which approved applicants are eligible to receive under section 1807 of this title for provision that if funds were insufficient to pay in full the total amounts which approved grant applicants were eligible to receive, the available funds would be ratably decreased and if funds later became available or there were excess funds, such funds would be ratably increased. Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 98–192, § 10, added subsec. (b) and redesignated former subsec. (b) as (c). Pub. L. 98–192, § 4(b)(3), made a technical amendment to reference to section 1807 of this title to reflect renumbering of that section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1998 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 105–244 effective Oct. 1, 1998, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 105–244, see section 3 of Pub. L. 105–244, set out as a note under section 1001 of Title 20, Education.

§1811 Grant Adjustments