42 U.S.C. § 300d–18 — Determination of amount of allotment
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- (a)Minimum allotmentSubject to the extent of amounts made available in appropriations Acts, the amount of an allotment under section 300d–11(a) of this title for a State for a fiscal year shall be the greater of—
- (1)the amount determined under subsection (b)(1); and
- (2)$250,000 in the case of each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and $50,000 in the case of each of the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
- (b)Determination under formula
- (1)In generalThe amount referred to in subsection (a)(1) for a State for a fiscal year is the sum of—
- (2)Amount relating to populationThe amount referred to in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) for a State for a fiscal year is the product of—
- (3)Amount relating to square mileageThe amount referred to in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) for a State for a fiscal year is the product of—
- (c)Disposition of certain funds appropriated for allotments
- (1)In generalAmounts described in paragraph (2) shall, in accordance with paragraph (3), be allotted by the Secretary to States receiving payments under section 300d–11(a) of this title for the fiscal year (other than any State referred to in paragraph (2)(C)).
- (2)Type of amountsThe amounts referred to in paragraph (1) are any amounts made available pursuant to 300d–32(b)(3) of this title that are not paid under section 300d–11(a) of this title to a State as a result of—
- (A)the failure of the State to submit an application under section 300d–17 of this title;
- (B)the failure, in the determination of the Secretary, of the State to prepare within a reasonable period of time such application in compliance with such section; or
- (C)the State informing the Secretary that the State does not intend to expend the full amount of the allotment made for the State.
- (3)AmountThe amount of an allotment under paragraph (1) for a State for a fiscal year shall be an amount equal to the product of—