§ 9903. Authorization of appropriations

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.

1. 1998

   Pub. L. 97–35 title VI § 674 · 95 Stat. 357

   Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 9903

   (Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, § 674, as added Pub. L. 105–285, title II, § 201, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2730.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, § 674, as added Pub. L. 105–285, title II, § 201, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2730.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 674. state allocations (a) (1) The Secretary shall from the amount appropriated under section 672 for each fiscal year which remains after— (A) the Secretary makes the apportionment required in subsection (b)(1); and (B) the Secretary determines the amount necessary for the purposes of section 681(b); allot to each State an amount which bears the same ratio to such remaining amount as the amount received by the State for fiscal year 42 USC 2808. 1981 under section 221 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 bore to the total amount received by all States for fiscal year 1981 under such part, except that no State shall receive less than one-quarter of 1 percent of the amount appropriated under section 672 for such fiscal year. (2) For purposes of this subsection, the term “State” does not include Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. (b) (1) The Secretary shall apportion one-half of 1 percent of the amount appropriated under section 672 for each fiscal year on the basis of need among Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. (2) Each jurisdiction to which paragraph (1) applies may receive grants under this subtitle upon an application submitted to the Secretary containing provisions which describe the programs for which assistance is sought under this subtitle, and which are consistent with the requirements of section 675. (c) (1) If, with respect to any State, the Secretary— (A) receives a request from the governing body of an Indian tribe or tribal organization within the State that assistance under this subtitle be made directly to such tribe or organization; and (B) determines that the members of such tribe or tribal organization would be better served by means of grants made directly to provide benefits under this subtitle; the Secretary shall reserve from amounts which would otherwise be allotted to such State under this subtitle for the fiscal year the amount determined under paragraph (2). (2) The Secretary shall reserve for the purpose of paragraph (1) from sums that would otherwise be allotted to such State not less than 100 percent of an amount which bears the same ratio to the State’s allotment for the fiscal year involved as the population of all eligible Indians for whom a determination under this paragraph has been made bears to the population of all individuals eligible for assistance under this subtitle in such State. (3) The sums reserved by the Secretary on the basis of a determination under this subsection shall be granted to the Indian tribe or tribal organization serving the individuals for whom such a determination has been made. (4) In order for an Indian tribe or tribal organization to be eligible for an award for a fiscal year under this subsection, it shall submit to the Secretary a plan for such fiscal year which meets such criteria as the Secretary may prescribe by regulation. (5) The terms “Indian tribe” and “tribal organization” mean those “Indian tribe,” and “tribal organization.” tribes, bands, or other organized groups of Indians recognized in the State in which they reside or considered by the Secretary of the Interior to be an Indian tribe or an Indian organization for any purpose.

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