§3052. Amount of grants

(a) In general

(1) Grants to outlying areas

From the funds appropriated under section 3058 of this title for any fiscal year that are not reserved under section 3058(b) of this title, the Secretary shall make a grant in an amount of not more than $105,000 to each eligible outlying area.

(2) Grants to States

From the funds described in paragraph (1) that are not used to make grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall make grants to States from allotments made in accordance with the requirements described in paragraph (3).

(3) Allotments

From the funds described in paragraph (1) that are not used to make grants under paragraph (1)-

(A) the Secretary shall allot $500,000 to each State; and

(B) from the remainder of the funds-

(i) the Secretary shall allot to each State an amount that bears the same ratio to 80 percent of the remainder as the population of the State bears to the population of all States; and

(ii) the Secretary shall allot to each State with a population density that is not more than 10 percent greater than the population density of the United States (according to the most recently available census data) an equal share from 20 percent of the remainder.

(b) Insufficient funds

If the funds appropriated under this subchapter for a fiscal year are insufficient to fund the activities described in the acceptable applications submitted under this subchapter for such year, a State whose application was approved for such year but that did not receive a grant under this subchapter may update the application for the succeeding fiscal year. Priority shall be given in such succeeding fiscal year to such updated applications, if acceptable.

(c) Definitions

In subsection (a) of this section:

(1) Outlying area

The term "outlying area" means the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

(2) State

The term "State" does not include the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

( Pub. L. 105–394, title III, §302, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3657 .)

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 3002 of this title.