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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 470c. Apportionment of grant funds
(a) Basis for apportionment
The amounts appropriated and made available for grants to the
States for the purposes of this subchapter shall be apportioned
among the States by the Secretary on the basis of needs as
determined by him.
(b) Basis; notification to State; reapportionment
The amounts appropriated and made available for grants to the
States for projects and programs under this subchapter for each
fiscal year shall be apportioned among the States as the Secretary
determines to be appropriate.
The Secretary shall notify each State of its apportionment under
this subsection within thirty days following the date of enactment
of legislation appropriating funds under this subchapter. Any
amount of any apportionment that has not been paid or obligated by
the Secretary during the fiscal year in which such notification is
given, and for two fiscal years thereafter, shall be reapportioned
by the Secretary in accordance with this subsection. The Secretary
shall analyze and revise as necessary the method of apportionment.
Such method and any revision thereof shall be published by the
Secretary in the Federal Register.
(c) Transfer of funds to local governments
A minimum of 10 per centum of the annual apportionment
distributed by the Secretary to each State for the purposes of
carrying out this subchapter shall be transferred by the State,
pursuant to the requirements of this subchapter, to local
governments which are certified under section 470a(c) of this title
for historic preservation projects or programs of such local
governments. In any year in which the total annual apportionment to
the States exceeds $65,000,000, one half of the excess shall also
be transferred by the States to local governments certified
pursuant to section 470a(c) of this title.
(d) Guidelines for use and distribution of funds to local
governments
The Secretary shall establish guidelines for the use and
distribution of funds under subsection (c) of this section to
insure that no local government receives a disproportionate share
of the funds available, and may include a maximum or minimum
limitation on the amount of funds distributed to any single local
government. The guidelines shall not limit the ability of any State
to distribute more than 10 per centum of its annual apportionment
under subsection (c) of this section, nor shall the Secretary
require any State to exceed the 10 per centum minimum distribution
to local governments.
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