Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 80 — Public Works Employment
§ 6736. Authorization of appropriations for Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and Virgin Islands
Statutory text
Authorizations for five calendar quarters beginning
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for each of the five succeeding calendar quarters (beginning with the calendar quarter which begins on ) for the purpose of making payments under this subchapter to Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands, an amount equal to 1 percent of the amount authorized for each such quarter under section 6722(b) of this title.
Allocations
The Secretary shall allocate from the amount authorized under subsection (a) an amount for the purpose of making payments to such governments equal to the total authorized for the calendar quarter multiplied by the applicable territorial percentage.
For the purposes of this subsection, the applicable territorial percentage is equal to the quotient resulting from the division of the territorial population by the sum of the territorial population for all territories.
For purposes of this section—
The term “territory” means Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands.
The term “territorial population” means the most recent population for each territory as determined by the Bureau of Census.
The provisions of sections 6723(c)(4), 6724, 6725, 6726,1 6727, 6728, 6729, 6730, 6731, 6732, and 6733 1 of this title shall apply to the funds authorized under this section.
Payments to local governments
The governments of the territories are authorized to make payments to local governments within their jurisdiction from sums received under this section as they deem appropriate.
Footnotes
- 1 See References in Text note below.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Public Works Employment Act of 1976
Pub. L. 94–369 title II § 216 · 90 Stat. 999
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 6736
(Pub. L. 94–369, title II, § 216, as added Pub. L. 95–30, title VI, § 607, May 23, 1977, 91 Stat. 167.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 94–369, title II, § 216, as added Pub. L. 95–30, title VI, § 607, May 23, 1977, 91 Stat. 167.)
0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Section 6726 of this title, referred to in subsec. (b)(3)(C), was repealed by Pub. L. 95–30, title VI, § 603(i), , 91 Stat. 166.
Section 6733 of this title, referred to in subsec. (b)(3)(C), was repealed by Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1131(b), , 109 Stat. 725.
Credits
(Pub. L. 94–369, title II, § 216, as added Pub. L. 95–30, title VI, § 607, , 91 Stat. 167.)