§ 303.730 Formula for State allocations.

(a) Reservation of funds for outlying areas. From the sums appropriated to carry out part C of the Act for any fiscal year, the Secretary may reserve not more than one percent for payments to American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands in accordance with their respective needs for assistance under part C of the Act.

(b) Consolidation of funds. The provisions of the Omnibus Territories Act of 1977, Pub. L. 95–134, permitting the consolidation of grants to the outlying areas, do not apply to the funds provided under part C of the Act.