§ 12340 — Authorization Of Appropriation And Allotment

(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out sections 12337 and 12338 of this title such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 through 1998. (2) Of the amount appropriated under paragraph (1) for any fiscal year— (A) not more than 10 percent shall be available to carry out section 12315 of this title; and (B) not less than 90 percent shall be available to carry out sections 12337 and 12338 of this title. (3) Except as provided in paragraph (4), from the amount available under paragraph (2)(B) for each fiscal year, a State shall be allotted an amount that bears the same ratio to the amount appropriated for such fiscal year as the population of the State that is under the age of 21 bears to the population of all States that is under the age of 21. (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B) and subject to the availability of appropriations under paragraph (1), no State shall be allotted less than $300,000 under the formula established under paragraph (3). (B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall each be allotted not less than $75,000 under the formula established under paragraph (2). (b) The number of individuals under the age of 21 in each State shall be determined by the Commissioner on the basis of the most recent data available to the Commissioner. (c) Whenever the Commissioner determines that— (1) any amount allotted to a State for a fiscal year under section 12337 or 12338 of this title will not be used by such State for carrying out the purpose for which such allotment was made; or (2) a State has failed to qualify under the State plan required under section 12335 of this title; (d) (e) of this title for administrative activities at the State level. (f) The Commissioner shall use 1 percent of the amount appropriated under this section for each fiscal year to make allotments to Indian tribes and tribal organizations (such terms having the same meaning given to such terms in section 5304(b) and (c) 1 of title 25) that submit to the Commissioner a plan that meets criteria consistent with the provisions of this part and that comply with other requirements established by the Commissioner. (g) Grants made under this subchapter may be used to pay not more than 80 percent of the cost of— (1) the preparation, administration, and evaluation of State plans under section 12337 of this title; (2) the development of comprehensive, efficient, coordinated supportive services under section 12338 of this title; and (3) the development, expansion, and operation of local family support and resource programs under section 12339 1 of this title.