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following information collection request 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. This proposed 

information collection was previously 

published in the Federal Register (80 

FR 10513) February 26, 2015, allowing 

for a 60 day comment period. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted for an additional 30 

days until June 3, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have additional comments 

especially on the estimated public 

burden or associated response time, 

suggestions, or need a copy of the 

proposed information collection 

instrument with instructions or 

additional information, please contact 

Rebecca Bond, Chief, Disability Rights 

Section, Civil Rights Division, by calling 

(800) 514–0301 or (800) 514–0383 (TTY) 

(the Division’s Information Line), or 

write her at the Department of Justice, 

Civil Rights Division, Disability Rights 

Section—NYA, 950 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20530. 

Written comments and/or suggestions 

can also be directed to the Office of 

Management and Budget, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention Department of Justice Desk 

Officer, Washington, DC 20530 or sent 

to OIRA_submissions@omb.eop.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written 

comments and suggestions from the 

public and affected agencies concerning 

the proposed collection of information 

are encouraged. Your comments should 

address one or more of the following 

four points: 

—Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

—Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

—Evaluate whether and if so how the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected can be 

enhanced; and 

—Minimize the burden of the collection 

of information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms 

of information technology, e.g., 

permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

1. Type of Information Collection: 

Extension of a currently approved 

collection. 

2. The Title of the Form/Collection: 

Americans with Disabilities Act 

Discrimination Complaint Form. 

3. The agency form number, if any, 

and the applicable component of the 

Department sponsoring the collection: 

No form number. The applicable 

component within the Department of 

Justice is the Disability Rights Section in 

the Civil Rights Division. 

4. Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individuals alleging 

discrimination by public entities based 

on disability. Under title II of the 

Americans with Disabilities Act, an 

individual who believes that he or she 

has been subjected to discrimination on 

the basis of disability by a public entity 

may, by himself or herself or by an 

authorized representative, file a 

complaint. Any Federal agency that 

receives a complaint of discrimination 

by a public entity is required to review 

the complaint to determine whether it 

has jurisdiction under section 504 of the 

Rehabilitation Act. If the agency does 

not have jurisdiction, it must determine 

whether it is the designated agency 

responsible for complaints filed against 

that public entity. If the agency does not 

have jurisdiction under section 504 of 

the Rehabilitation Act and is not the 

designated agency, it must refer the 

complaint to the Department of Justice. 

The Department of Justice then must 

refer the complaint to the appropriate 

agency. 

5. An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: An estimated 9,100 

respondents per year at 0.50 hours per 

complaint form. 

6. An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: The estimated public burden 

associated with this collection is 4,550 

hours. It is estimated that respondents 

will take 0.50 hour to complete the 

questionnaire. The burden hours for 

collecting respondent data sum to 4,550 

hours (9,100 respondents × 0.50 hours = 

4,550 hours). 

If additional information is required 

contact: Jerri Murray, Department 

Clearance Officer, United States 

Department of Justice, Justice 

Management Division, Policy and 

Planning Staff, Two Constitution 

Square, 145 N Street NE., 3E.405B, 

Washington, DC 20530. 

Dated: April 28, 2015. 

Jerri Murray, 

Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

[FR Doc. 2015–10303 Filed 5–1–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration 

Public Disclosure Room; Notice of 

Temporary Relocation 

Renovation of the Employee Benefits 

Security Administration’s Public 

Disclosure Room (PDR) will necessitate 

a temporary relocation and suspension 

of operations for a total of up to six (6) 

business days. The renovation will 

begin on or after May 11 and is expected 

to last four to six weeks. The PDR will 

be closed up to three (3) business days 

prior to moving to the temporary 

location and up to three (3) business 

days after the renovation. You can check 

for updates on the schedule on the 

EBSA Web site, at http://www.dol.gov/ 

ebsa/. The temporary address for the 

PDR will be N1519, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. 

While the PDR is at this temporary 

location, the telephone number will 

remain (202) 693–8673, and the hours of 

operation will temporarily change to 

8:00 am–4:00 pm Monday through 

Friday. Following the renovation, the 

PDR will re-open in Suite N–1515 at 200 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20210. The telephone number will 

remain (202) 693–8673 and the hours of 

operation will return to 8:15 am to 4:45 

pm. 

Signed at Washington, DC this 28th day of 

April, 2015. 

Judy Mares, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Employee 

Benefits Security Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2015–10395 Filed 5–1–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–29–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration Program Year (PY) 2015 

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

Act (WIOA) Allotments; PY 2015 

Wagner-Peyser Act Final Allotments 

and PY 2015 Workforce Information 

Grants. 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces 

allotments for PY 2015 for WIOA Title 

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I Youth, Adults and Dislocated Worker 

Activities programs; final allotments for 

Employment Service (ES) activities 

under the Wagner-Peyser Act for PY 

2015 and Workforce Information Grants 

allotments for PY 2015. 

WIOA allotments for States and the 

State final allotments for the WagnerPeyser Act are based on formulas 

defined in their respective statutes. 

WIOA requires allotments for the 

outlying areas to be competitively based 

rather than based on a formula 

determined by the Secretary of Labor 

(Secretary) as occurred under the 

Workforce Investment Act (WIA). For 

PY 2015, the Secretary is using the 

transitional authority provided by 

WIOA in Section 503(b) to use the 

discretionary formula rationale and 

methodology for allocating PY 2015 

funds for the outlying areas (American 

Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas, 

Palau, and the Virgin Islands) that was 

published in the Federal Register at 65 

FR 8236 (Feb. 17, 2000). The formula 

that the Department of Labor 

(Department) used for PY 2015 is the 

same formula used in PY 2014 and is 

described in the section on Youth 

Activities program allotments. 

Comments are invited on the formula 

used to allot funds to the outlying areas. 

The Department will implement a 

competitive grant process for funding 

the outlying areas in PY 2016. 

DATES: Comments on the formula used 

to allot funds to the outlying areas must 

be received by June 3, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

to the Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA), Office of 

Financial Administration, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW., Room N– 

4702, Washington, DC 20210, Attention: 

Ms. Anita Harvey, email: harvey.anita@

dol.gov 

Commenters are advised that mail 

delivery in the Washington area may be 

delayed due to security concerns. Handdelivered comments will be received at 

the above address. All overnight mail 

will be considered to be hand-delivered 

and must be received at the designated 

place by the date specified above. 

Please submit your comments by only 

one method. The Department will not 

review comments received by means 

other than those listed above or that are 

received after the comment period has 

closed. 

Comments: The Department will 

retain all comments on this notice and 

will release them upon request via email 

to any member of the public. The 

Department also will make all the 

comments it receives available for 

public inspection by appointment 

during normal business hours at the 

above address. If you need assistance to 

review the comments, the Department 

will provide you with appropriate aids 

such as readers or print magnifiers. The 

Department will make copies of this 

notice available, upon request, in large 

print, Braille and electronic file. The 

Department also will consider providing 

the notice in other formats upon 

request. To schedule an appointment to 

review the comments and/or obtain the 

notice in an alternative format, contact 

Ms. Harvey using the information 

provided above. The Department will 

retain all comments received without 

making any changes to the comments, 

including any personal information 

provided. The Department therefore 

cautions commenters not to include 

their personal information such as 

Social Security Numbers, personal 

addresses, telephone numbers, and 

email addresses in their comments; this 

information would be released with the 

comment if the comments are requested. 

It is the commenter’s responsibility to 

safeguard his or her information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

WIOA Youth Activities allotments— 

Evan Rosenberg at (202) 693–3593 or 

LaSharn Youngblood at (202) 693–3606; 

WIOA Adult and Dislocated Worker 

Activities and ES final allotments— 

Robert Kight at (202) 693–3937; 

Workforce Information Grant 

allotments—Kim Vitelli at (202) 693– 

3639. Individuals with hearing or 

speech impairments may access the 

telephone numbers above via TTY by 

calling the toll-free Federal Information 

Relay Service at 1–877–889–5627 (TTY/ 

TDD). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department is announcing WIOA 

allotments for PY 2015 for Youth 

Activities, Adults and Dislocated 

Worker Activities, Wagner-Peyser Act 

PY 2015 final allotments, and PY 2015 

Workforce Information Grant 

allotments. This notice provides 

information on the amount of funds 

available during PY 2015 to States with 

an approved WIA Title I and WagnerPeyser Act Strategic Plan for PY 2015, 

and information regarding allotments to 

the outlying areas. 

On December 16, 2014, the 

Consolidated and Further Continuing 

Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 

113–235 was signed into law (‘‘the 

Act’’). The Act, Division G, Title I, 

Section 107 of the Act allows the 

Secretary of Labor (Secretary) to set 

aside up to 0.5 percent of most 

operating funds. The evaluation 

provision is consistent with the Federal 

government’s priority on evidencebased policy and programming and 

provides important opportunities to 

expand evaluations and demonstrations 

in the Department to build solid 

evidence about what works best. In the 

past, funds for ETA evaluations and 

demonstrations were separately 

appropriated and managed by ETA. This 

year, that separate authority has been 

replaced by the set aside provision. 

Funds are transferred to the 

Department’s Chief Evaluation Office to 

implement formal evaluations and 

demonstrations in collaboration with 

ETA. For 2015, the Secretary set aside 

.25 percent of the TES and SUIESO 

appropriations. ETA spread the amount 

to be set aside for each appropriation 

among the programs funded by that 

appropriation with more than $100 

million in funding. This includes WIOA 

Adult, Youth and Dislocated Worker 

and Wagner-Peyser Employment Service 

program budgets. 

We also have attached tables listing 

the PY 2015 allotments for programs 

under WIOA Title I Youth Activities 

(Table A), Adult and Dislocated 

Workers Employment and Training 

Activities (Tables B and C, respectively), 

and the PY 2015 Wagner-Peyser Act 

final allotments (Table D). We also have 

attached the PY 2015 Workforce 

Information Grant table (Table E). 

Youth Activities Allotments. The 

appropriated level for PY 2015 for 

WIOA Youth Activities totals 

$831,842,000. After reducing the 

appropriation by $2,295,000 for 

evaluations, $829,547,000 is available 

for Youth Activities. Table A includes a 

breakdown of the Youth Activities 

program allotments for PY 2015 and 

provides a comparison of these 

allotments to PY 2014 Youth Activities 

allotments for all States, and outlying 

areas. For the Native American Youth 

program, the total amount available is 

1.5 percent of the total amount for 

Youth Activities (after the evaluations 

set aside), in accordance with WIOA 

section 127. The total funding available 

for the outlying areas was reserved at 

0.25 percent of the amount appropriated 

for Youth Activities (after the 

evaluations set aside) minus the amount 

reserved for Native American Youth (in 

accordance with WIOA section 

127(b)(1)(B)(i)). On December 17, 2003, 

Public Law 108–188, the Compact of 

Free Association Amendments Act of 

2003 (‘‘the Compact’’), was signed into 

law. The Compact provided for 

consolidation of WIA Title I funding, for 

the Marshall Islands and Micronesia 

into supplemental grants provided from 

the Department of Education’s 

appropriation. See 48 U.S.C. 1921 d 

(f)(1)(B)(iii). The Compact also specified 

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that the Republic of Palau remained 

eligible for WIA Title I funding. See 48 

U.S.C. 1921d(f)(1)(B)(ix). WIOA section 

512(g)(1) updated the Compact to refer 

to WIOA funding. The Consolidated and 

Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 

2015 (Division F, Title III, Section 306 

of Pub. L. 113–235) authorized WIOA 

Title I funding to Palau through FY 

2015. 

Under WIA, the Secretary had 

discretion for determining the 

methodology for distributing funds to 

all outlying areas. Under WIOA the 

Secretary must disseminate the funds 

through a competitive process. Using 

the transition authority provided in 

WIOA Section 503(b), ETA will delay 

implementation of a competitive grant 

process for outlying areas until PY 2016. 

For PY 2015, the Department used the 

same methodology used since PY 2000 

(i.e., we distribute funds among the 

outlying areas by formula based on 

relative share of number of unemployed, 

a 90 percent hold-harmless of the prior 

year share, a $75,000 minimum, and a 

130 percent stop-gain for the state for 

the previous year). For the relative share 

calculation in PY 2015, the Department 

continued to use the data obtained from 

the 2010 Census for American Samoa, 

Guam, Commonwealth of Northern 

Marianas Islands, and Virgin Islands. 

For Palau, the Department continued to 

use data from Palau’s 2005 Census. 

After the Department calculated the 

amount for the outlying areas and 

Native Americans, we determined that 

the amount available for PY 2015 

allotments to the States is $815,061,036. 

This total amount was below the 

required $1 billion threshold specified 

in WIOA section 127(b)(1)(C)(iv)(IV); 

therefore, the Department did not apply 

the WIOA additional minimum 

provisions. Instead, as required by 

WIOA, the Department used the Job 

Training Partnership Act (JTPA) (Pub. L. 

97–300), section 262(a)(3) (as amended 

by section 207 of the Job Training 

Reform Amendments of 1992, Pub. L. 

102–367) minimums of 90 percent holdharmless of the prior year allotment 

percentage and 0.25 percent State 

minimum floor. WIOA also provides 

that no state may receive an allotment 

that is more than 130 percent of the 

allotment percentage for the State for 

the previous year. The three data factors 

required by WIOA for the PY 2015 

Youth Activities State formula 

allotments are: 

(1) The average number of 

unemployed individuals for Areas of 

Substantial Unemployment (ASUs) for 

the 12-month period, July 2013–June 

2014; 

(2) Number of excess unemployed 

individuals or the ASU excess 

(depending on which is higher) averages 

for the same 12-month period used for 

ASU unemployed data; and 

(3) Number of economically 

disadvantaged Youth (age 16 to 21, 

excluding college students in the 

workforce and military) from special 

tabulations of data from the American 

Community Survey (ACS), which the 

Department obtained from the Bureau in 

2012. The Bureau collected the data 

used in the special tabulations for 

economically disadvantaged Youth 

between January 1, 2006–December 31, 

2010. 

For purposes of identifying ASUs for 

the within-State Youth Activities 

allocation formula, States should 

continue to use the data made available 

by BLS (as described in LAUS Technical 

Memorandum No. S–14–22). For 

purposes of determining the number of 

economically disadvantaged Youth for 

the statutory within-state allocation 

formula, States should continue to use 

the special tabulations of ACS data 

made available to them in 2013 and 

available at http://www.doleta.gov/

budget/disadvantagedYouthAdults.cfm 

See TEGL No. 21–12 for further 

information. 

Adult Employment and Training 

Activities Allotments. The total 

appropriated funds for Adult Activities 

in PY 2015 is $776,736,000. After 

reducing the appropriated amount by 

$2,143,000 for evaluations, 

$774,593,000 remains for Adult 

Activities, of which $772,656,517 is for 

States and $1,936,483 is for outlying 

areas. Table B shows the PY 2015 Adult 

Employment and Training Activities 

allotments and a State by State 

comparison of the PY 2015 allotments to 

PY 2014 allotments. 

In accordance with WIOA, the 

Department reserved the total available 

for the outlying areas at 0.25 percent of 

the full amount appropriated for Adult 

Activities (after the evaluations set 

aside). As discussed in the Youth 

Activities section above, in PY 2015 the 

Department will distribute the Adult 

Activities funding for the outlying areas, 

using the same principles, formula and 

data as used for outlying areas for Youth 

Activities. After determining the 

amount for the outlying areas, the 

Department used the statutory formula 

to distribute the remaining amount 

available for allotments to the States. 

The Department did not apply the 

WIOA minimum provisions for the PY 

2015 allotments because the total 

amount available for the States was 

below the $960 million threshold 

required for Adult Activities in WIOA 

section 132(b)(1)(B)(iv)(IV). Instead, as 

required by WIOA, the Department 

calculated minimum allotments using 

the JTPA section 202(b)(2) (as amended 

by section 202 of the Job Training 

Reform Amendments of 1992) 

minimums of 90 percent hold-harmless 

of the prior year allotment percentage 

and 0.25 percent State minimum floor. 

WIOA also provides that no State may 

receive an allotment that is more than 

130 percent of the allotment percentage 

for the State for the previous year. The 

three formula data factors for the Adult 

Activities program are the same as those 

used for the Youth Activities formula, 

except the Department used data for the 

number of economically disadvantaged 

Adults (age 18 to 72, excluding college 

students in the workforce and military). 

As noted above, updated data for 

within-state ASU calculations is 

available from BLS, and States should 

continue to use the economically 

disadvantaged Adults data made 

available to States by the Department in 

2013. 

Dislocated Worker Employment and 

Training Activities Allotments. The 

amount appropriated for Dislocated 

Worker activities in PY 2015 totals 

$1,236,389,000. The total appropriation 

includes formula funds for the States, 

while the National Reserve is used for 

National Dislocated Worker Grants, 

technical assistance and training, 

demonstration projects, and the outlying 

areas’ Dislocated Worker allotments. 

After reducing the appropriated amount 

by $3,411,000 for evaluations, a total of 

$1,232,978,000 remains available for 

Dislocated Worker activities. The 

amount available for outlying areas is 

$3,082,445, leaving $217,167,555 for the 

National Reserve and a total of 

$1,012,728,000 available for States. Like 

the Adult program, Table C shows the 

PY 2015 Dislocated Worker activities 

allotments and a by State comparison of 

the PY 2015 allotments to PY 2014 

allotments. 

Like the Adult Activities program, the 

Department reserved the total available 

for the outlying areas at 0.25 percent of 

the full amount appropriated for 

Dislocated Worker Activities (after the 

evaluations set aside). As with the 

Youth and Adult funds, the Department 

will not distribute the Dislocated 

Worker Activities funds for grants to the 

outlying areas by competitive grant until 

PY 2016. In PY 2015 the Department 

will use the same pro rata share as the 

areas received for the PY 2015 WIOA 

Adult Activities program, the same 

methodology used in PY 2014. 

The three data factors required in 

WIOA for the PY 2015 Dislocated 

Worker State formula allotments are: 

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(1) Number of unemployed, averages 

for the 12-month period, October 2013— 

September 2014; 

(2) Number of excess unemployed, 

averages for the 12-month period, 

October 2013—September 2014; and 

(3) Number of long-term unemployed, 

averages for the 12-month period, 

October 2013—September 2014. 

Since the Dislocated Worker 

Activities formula has no floor amount 

or hold-harmless provisions until PY 

2016, funding changes for States 

directly reflect the impact of changes in 

unemployment related data listed 

above. 

Wagner-Peyser Act ES Final 

Allotments. The appropriated level for 

PY 2015 for ES grants totals 

$664,184,000. After reducing the 

appropriated amount by $1,784,000 for 

evaluations, a total of $662,400,000 

remains available for ES programs. After 

determining the funding for outlying 

areas, the Department calculated 

allotments to States using the formula 

set forth at section 6 of the WagnerPeyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49e). The 

Department based PY 2015 formula 

allotments on each State’s share of 

calendar year 2014 monthly averages of 

the civilian labor force (CLF) and 

unemployment. Section 6(b)(4) of the 

Wagner-Peyser Act requires the 

Secretary to set aside up to three percent 

of the total funds available for ES to 

ensure that each State will have 

sufficient resources to maintain 

statewide ES activities. In accordance 

with this provision, the Department 

included the three percent set-aside 

funds in this total allotment. The 

Department distributed the set-aside 

funds in two steps to States that have 

experienced a reduction in their relative 

share of the total resources available this 

year from their relative share of the total 

resources available the previous year. In 

Step 1, States that have a CLF below one 

million and are also below the median 

CLF density were maintained at 100 

percent of their relative share of prior 

year resources. ETA calculated the 

median CLF density based on CLF data 

provided by BLS for calendar year 2014. 

All remaining set-aside funds were 

distributed on a pro-rata basis in Step 

2 to all other States experiencing 

reductions in relative share from the 

prior year but not meeting the size and 

density criteria for Step 1. The 

distribution of ES funds (Table D) 

includes $660,785,299 for States, as well 

as $1,614,701 for outlying areas. 

Under section 7 of the Wagner-Peyser 

Act, ten percent of the total sums 

allotted to each State must be reserved 

for use by the Governor to provide 

performance incentives for ES offices, 

services for groups with special needs, 

and for the extra costs of exemplary 

models for delivering job services. 

Workforce Information Grants 

Allotments. Total PY 2015 funding for 

Workforce Information Grants 

allotments to States is $32,000,000. The 

allotment figures for each State are 

listed in Table E. Funds are distributed 

by administrative formula, with a 

reserve of $176,800 for Guam and the 

Virgin Islands. Guam and the Virgin 

Islands allotment amounts are partially 

based on CLF data. The Department 

distributes the remaining funds to the 

States with 40 percent distributed 

equally to all States and 60 percent 

distributed based on each State’s share 

of CLF for the 12 months ending 

September 2014. 

TABLE A—U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, WIOA YOUTH ACTIVITIES STATE

ALLOTMENTS, COMPARISON OF PY 2015 VS PY 2014 

State PY 2014 PY 2015 Difference % Difference 

Total with Evaluations .............................................................. $820,430,000 $831,842,000 $11,412,000 1.39 

Total (WIOA Youth Activities) .................................................. $818,169,000 $829,547,000 $11,378,000 1.39 

Alabama ................................................................................... 10,363,134 10,973,635 610,501 5.89 

Alaska ...................................................................................... 2,009,628 2,037,653 28,025 1.39 

Arizona ..................................................................................... 16,873,353 18,380,399 1,507,046 8.93 

Arkansas .................................................................................. 6,814,031 7,694,400 880,369 12.92 

California .................................................................................. 119,122,833 120,707,084 1,584,251 1.33 

Colorado .................................................................................. 12,414,406 11,835,030 (579,376) ¥4.67 

Connecticut .............................................................................. 9,398,657 9,634,681 236,024 2.51 

Delaware .................................................................................. 2,009,628 2,037,653 28,025 1.39 

District of Columbia ................................................................. 2,216,117 2,329,955 113,838 5.14 

Florida ...................................................................................... 45,067,004 42,774,978 (2,292,026) ¥5.09 

Georgia .................................................................................... 27,467,948 27,630,735 162,787 0.59 

Hawaii ...................................................................................... 2,049,527 2,037,653 (11,874) ¥0.58 

Idaho ........................................................................................ 3,414,748 3,116,131 (298,617) ¥8.74 

Illinois ....................................................................................... 38,093,547 42,336,174 4,242,627 11.14 

Indiana ..................................................................................... 17,756,443 16,203,657 (1,552,786) -8.74 

Iowa ......................................................................................... 4,739,579 4,781,261 41,682 0.88 

Kansas ..................................................................................... 5,398,508 5,370,179 (28,329) ¥0.52 

Kentucky .................................................................................. 12,118,913 13,717,594 1,598,681 13.19

Louisiana .................................................................................. 9,327,194 9,194,017 (133,177) ¥1.43 

Maine ....................................................................................... 3,244,888 3,214,985 (29,903) ¥0.92 

Maryland .................................................................................. 11,989,592 12,364,002 374,410 3.12 

Massachusetts ......................................................................... 14,507,221 16,504,685 1,997,464 13.77 

Michigan ................................................................................... 30,072,831 31,250,104 1,177,273 3.91

Minnesota ................................................................................ 9,947,978 9,078,036 (869,942) ¥8.74 

Mississippi ................................................................................ 9,200,818 9,151,084 (49,734) ¥0.54 

Missouri .................................................................................... 12,877,148 14,228,439 1,351,291 10.49 

Montana ................................................................................... 2,152,132 2,152,782 650 0.03 

Nebraska .................................................................................. 2,394,620 2,425,096 30,476 1.27 

Nevada ..................................................................................... 8,865,521 9,034,617 169,096 1.91 

New Hampshire ....................................................................... 2,200,035 2,037,653 (162,382) ¥7.38 

New Jersey .............................................................................. 25,513,414 23,282,287 (2,231,127) ¥8.74 

New Mexico ............................................................................. 4,625,925 5,249,778 623,853 13.49 

New York ................................................................................. 52,011,703 52,128,262 116,559 0.22 

North Carolina .......................................................................... 28,871,997 26,347,165 (2,524,832) ¥8.74 

North Dakota ............................................................................ 2,009,628 2,037,653 28,025 1.39 

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TABLE A—U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, WIOA YOUTH ACTIVITIES STATE

ALLOTMENTS, COMPARISON OF PY 2015 VS PY 2014—Continued 

State PY 2014 PY 2015 Difference % Difference 

Ohio ......................................................................................... 26,270,342 28,593,170 2,322,828 8.84 

Oklahoma ................................................................................. 6,258,954 6,941,080 682,126 10.90 

Oregon ..................................................................................... 10,543,691 10,431,168 (112,523) ¥1.07 

Pennsylvania ............................................................................ 33,509,103 30,984,178 (2,524,925) ¥7.54 

Puerto Rico .............................................................................. 17,265,863 19,489,676 2,223,813 12.88 

Rhode Island ............................................................................ 3,743,023 4,106,989 363,966 9.72 

South Carolina ......................................................................... 12,574,365 11,474,747 (1,099,618) ¥8.74 

South Dakota ........................................................................... 2,009,628 2,037,653 28,025 1.39 

Tennessee ............................................................................... 16,496,140 17,503,627 1,007,487 6.11 

Texas ....................................................................................... 52,492,802 54,914,867 2,422,065 4.61 

Utah ......................................................................................... 4,304,671 3,928,231 (376,440) ¥8.74 

Vermont ................................................................................... 2,009,628 2,037,653 28,025 1.39 

Virginia ..................................................................................... 13,392,465 13,325,559 (66,906) ¥0.50 

Washington .............................................................................. 16,309,501 15,945,865 (363,636) ¥2.23 

West Virginia ............................................................................ 3,957,765 3,987,564 29,799 0.75 

Wisconsin ................................................................................. 13,562,824 14,041,859 479,035 3.53 

Wyoming .................................................................................. 2,009,628 2,037,653 28,025 1.39 

State Total ............................................................................... 803,851,042 815,061,036 11,209,994 1.39 

American Samoa ..................................................................... 196,434 217,678 21,244 10.81 

Guam ....................................................................................... 766,348 738,863 (27,485) ¥3.59 

Northern Marianas ................................................................... 402,258 403,686 1,428 0.35 

Palau ........................................................................................ 75,000 75,000 0 0.00 

Virgin Islands ........................................................................... 605,383 607,532 2,149 0.35 

Outlying Areas Total ................................................................ 2,045,423 2,042,759 (2,664) ¥0.13 

Native Americans ..................................................................... 12,272,535 12,443,205 170,670 1.39 

Evaluations set aside ............................................................... 2,261,000 2,295,000 34,000 1.50 

TABLE B—U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, WIOA ADULT ACTIVITIES STATE

ALLOTMENTS, COMPARISON OF PY 2015 ALLOTMENTS VS PY 2014 ALLOTMENTS

State PY 2014 PY 2015 Difference % Difference 

Total with Evaluations .............................................................. $766,080,000 $776,736,000 $10,656,000 1.39 

Total (WIOA Adult Activities) ................................................... $763,969,000 $774,593,000 $10,624,000 1.39 

Alabama ................................................................................... 10,127,957 10,701,084 573,127 5.66 

Alaska ...................................................................................... 1,905,148 1,931,641 26,493 1.39 

Arizona ..................................................................................... 15,910,029 17,323,692 1,413,663 8.89 

Arkansas .................................................................................. 6,508,494 7,337,318 828,824 12.73 

California .................................................................................. 114,152,207 115,578,226 1,426,019 1.25 

Colorado .................................................................................. 11,534,090 10,974,957 (559,133) ¥4.85 

Connecticut .............................................................................. 8,642,428 8,856,853 214,425 2.48 

Delaware .................................................................................. 1,905,148 1,931,641 26,493 1.39 

District of Columbia ................................................................. 2,014,101 2,119,523 105,422 5.23 

Florida ...................................................................................... 44,979,171 42,797,775 (2,181,396) ¥4.85 

Georgia .................................................................................... 26,369,329 26,506,892 137,563 0.52 

Hawaii ...................................................................................... 2,137,808 1,951,282 (186,526) ¥8.73 

Idaho ........................................................................................ 3,171,735 2,894,258 (277,477) ¥8.75 

Illinois ....................................................................................... 35,721,028 39,706,093 3,985,065 11.16 

Indiana ..................................................................................... 16,187,078 14,770,963 (1,416,115) ¥8.75 

Iowa ......................................................................................... 3,371,916 3,398,273 26,357 0.78 

Kansas ..................................................................................... 4,537,758 4,502,095 (35,663) ¥0.79 

Kentucky .................................................................................. 12,441,851 13,954,626 1,512,775 12.16

Louisiana .................................................................................. 8,947,905 8,816,204 (131,701) ¥1.47 

Maine ....................................................................................... 2,958,900 2,927,292 (31,608) ¥1.07 

Maryland .................................................................................. 11,120,651 11,464,414 343,763 3.09 

Massachusetts ......................................................................... 12,850,371 14,722,745 1,872,374 14.57 

Michigan ................................................................................... 28,122,010 28,780,666 658,656 2.34 

Minnesota ................................................................................ 8,509,251 7,764,825 (744,426) ¥8.75 

Mississippi ................................................................................ 8,783,758 8,730,734 (53,024) ¥0.60 

Missouri .................................................................................... 11,979,012 13,246,842 1,267,830 10.58 

Montana ................................................................................... 2,047,975 2,047,140 (835) ¥0.04 

Nebraska .................................................................................. 1,905,148 1,931,641 26,493 1.39 

Nevada ..................................................................................... 8,620,844 8,809,234 188,390 2.19 

New Hampshire ....................................................................... 1,905,148 1,931,641 26,493 1.39 

New Jersey .............................................................................. 24,644,654 22,488,633 (2,156,021) ¥8.75 

New Mexico ............................................................................. 4,457,154 5,044,948 587,794 13.19 

New York ................................................................................. 50,339,040 50,421,651 82,611 0.16 

North Carolina .......................................................................... 27,573,758 25,161,487 (2,412,271) ¥8.75 

North Dakota ............................................................................ 1,905,148 1,931,641 26,493 1.39 

Ohio ......................................................................................... 24,343,116 26,518,096 2,174,980 8.93 

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ALLOTMENTS, COMPARISON OF PY 2015 ALLOTMENTS VS PY 2014 ALLOTMENTS—Continued 

State PY 2014 PY 2015 Difference % Difference 

Oklahoma ................................................................................. 6,047,269 6,689,426 642,157 10.62 

Oregon ..................................................................................... 10,108,074 9,995,124 (112,950) ¥1.12 

Pennsylvania ............................................................................ 30,619,150 28,195,888 (2,423,262) ¥7.91 

Puerto Rico .............................................................................. 18,344,208 21,215,910 2,871,702 15.65 

Rhode Island ............................................................................ 3,230,712 3,569,777 339,065 10.50 

South Carolina ......................................................................... 12,134,396 11,072,827 (1,061,569) ¥8.75 

South Dakota ........................................................................... 1,905,148 1,931,641 26,493 1.39 

Tennessee ............................................................................... 16,085,971 17,031,743 945,772 5.88 

Texas ....................................................................................... 50,065,195 52,323,110 2,257,915 4.51 

Utah ......................................................................................... 3,614,740 3,298,507 (316,233) ¥8.75 

Vermont ................................................................................... 1,905,148 1,931,641 26,493 1.39 

Virginia ..................................................................................... 12,445,438 12,370,494 (74,944) ¥0.60 

Washington .............................................................................. 15,226,047 14,868,344 (357,703) ¥2.35 

West Virginia ............................................................................ 4,028,840 4,056,659 27,819 0.69 

Wisconsin ................................................................................. 11,762,474 12,196,759 434,285 3.69 

Wyoming .................................................................................. 1,905,148 1,931,641 26,493 1.39 

State Total ............................................................................... 762,059,077 772,656,517 10,597,440 1.39 

American Samoa ..................................................................... 182,941 205,921 22,980 12.56 

Guam ....................................................................................... 713,704 698,958 (14,746) ¥2.07 

Northern Marianas ................................................................... 374,568 381,883 7,315 1.95 

Palau ........................................................................................ 75,000 75,000 0 0.00 

Virgin Islands ........................................................................... 563,710 574,721 11,011 1.95 

Outlying Areas Total ......................................................... 1,909,923 1,936,483 26,560 1.39 

Evaluations set aside ............................................................... 2,111,000 2,143,000 32,000 1.52 

TABLE C—U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, WIOA DISLOCATED WORKER

ACTIVITIES STATE ALLOTMENTS, COMPARISON OF PY 2015 ALLOTMENTS VS PY 2014 ALLOTMENTS

State PY 2014 PY 2015 Difference % Difference 

Total with Evaluations .............................................................. $1,222,457,000 $1,236,389,000 $13,932,000 1.14 

Total (WIOA Dislocated Worker Activities) .............................. $1,219,087,000 $1,232,978,000 $13,891,000 1.14 

Alabama ................................................................................... 11,599,476 15,012,219 3,412,743 29.42

Alaska ...................................................................................... 1,633,027 2,184,119 551,092 33.75 

Arizona ..................................................................................... 20,193,454 22,511,715 2,318,261 11.48 

Arkansas .................................................................................. 7,814,651 8,052,059 237,408 3.04 

California .................................................................................. 157,376,202 164,063,131 6,686,929 4.25 

Colorado .................................................................................. 15,822,647 13,622,336 (2,200,311) ¥13.91 

Connecticut .............................................................................. 13,243,210 13,612,474 369,264 2.79 

Delaware .................................................................................. 2,613,882 2,596,904 (16,978) ¥0.65 

District of Columbia ................................................................. 2,998,287 3,443,627 445,340 14.85 

Florida ...................................................................................... 60,315,153 61,786,732 1,471,579 2.44 

Georgia .................................................................................... 36,939,150 39,981,701 3,042,551 8.24

Hawaii ...................................................................................... 1,852,830 1,931,277 78,447 4.23 

Idaho ........................................................................................ 3,461,421 2,636,879 (824,542) ¥23.82 

Illinois ....................................................................................... 54,907,799 58,325,151 3,417,352 6.22 

Indiana ..................................................................................... 22,303,621 17,611,408 (4,692,213) ¥21.04 

Iowa ......................................................................................... 4,164,521 4,426,239 261,718 6.28 

Kansas ..................................................................................... 5,471,022 4,682,959 (788,063) ¥14.40 

Kentucky .................................................................................. 14,256,130 16,220,379 1,964,249 13.78

Louisiana .................................................................................. 10,286,901 9,215,660 (1,071,241) ¥10.41 

Maine ....................................................................................... 3,807,546 3,592,396 (215,150) ¥5.65 

Maryland .................................................................................. 16,637,979 17,549,612 911,633 5.48 

Massachusetts ......................................................................... 18,899,549 21,265,196 2,365,647 12.52 

Michigan ................................................................................... 36,932,673 40,080,962 3,148,289 8.52

Minnesota ................................................................................ 9,452,346 8,332,420 (1,119,926) ¥11.85 

Mississippi ................................................................................ 10,617,327 11,047,184 429,857 4.05 

Missouri .................................................................................... 16,292,492 18,476,297 2,183,805 13.40 

Montana ................................................................................... 1,659,822 1,699,458 39,636 2.39 

Nebraska .................................................................................. 2,044,195 2,016,308 (27,887) ¥1.36 

Nevada ..................................................................................... 12,539,486 13,272,377 732,891 5.84 

New Hampshire ....................................................................... 2,525,768 2,355,019 (170,749) ¥6.76 

New Jersey .............................................................................. 38,580,867 33,968,534 (4,612,333) ¥11.95 

New Mexico ............................................................................. 5,180,570 6,691,816 1,511,246 29.17 

New York ................................................................................. 67,330,827 69,009,253 1,678,426 2.49 

North Carolina .......................................................................... 38,671,061 31,698,026 (6,973,035) ¥18.03 

North Dakota ............................................................................ 549,747 566,170 16,423 2.99 

Ohio ......................................................................................... 32,568,365 33,758,857 1,190,492 3.66 

Oklahoma ................................................................................. 5,417,077 5,943,501 526,424 9.72 

Oregon ..................................................................................... 13,140,217 13,672,401 532,184 4.05 

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ACTIVITIES STATE ALLOTMENTS, COMPARISON OF PY 2015 ALLOTMENTS VS PY 2014 ALLOTMENTS—Continued 

State PY 2014 PY 2015 Difference % Difference 

Pennsylvania ............................................................................ 43,100,393 37,184,902 (5,915,491) ¥13.72 

Puerto Rico .............................................................................. 14,743,999 20,357,210 5,613,211 38.07 

Rhode Island ............................................................................ 4,852,880 5,533,256 680,376 14.02 

South Carolina ......................................................................... 15,546,400 12,481,973 (3,064,427) ¥19.71 

South Dakota ........................................................................... 800,633 856,158 55,525 6.94 

Tennessee ............................................................................... 20,840,426 21,507,643 667,217 3.20 

Texas ....................................................................................... 57,992,167 55,598,809 (2,393,358) ¥4.13 

Utah ......................................................................................... 3,786,657 2,963,244 (823,413) ¥21.75 

Vermont ................................................................................... 779,524 806,732 27,208 3.49 

Virginia ..................................................................................... 15,956,793 17,685,631 1,728,838 10.83 

Washington .............................................................................. 19,149,875 19,533,856 383,981 2.01 

West Virginia ............................................................................ 4,272,884 4,814,588 541,704 12.68 

Wisconsin ................................................................................. 16,187,134 15,763,228 (423,906) ¥2.62 

Wyoming .................................................................................. 726,937 728,014 1,077 0.15 

State Total ............................................................................... 998,838,000 1,012,728,000 13,890,000 1.39 

American Samoa ..................................................................... 291,924 327,780 35,856 12.28 

Guam ....................................................................................... 1,138,877 1,112,584 (26,293) ¥2.31 

Northern Marianas ................................................................... 597,709 607,872 10,163 1.70 

Palau ........................................................................................ 119,680 119,383 (297) ¥0.25 

Virgin Islands ........................................................................... 899,528 914,826 15,298 1.70 

Outlying Areas Total ......................................................... 3,047,718 3,082,445 34,727 1.14 

National Reserve ..................................................................... 217,201,282 217,167,555 (33,727) ¥0.02 

Evaluations set aside ............................................................... 3,370,000 3,411,000 41,000 1.22 

TABLE D—U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, EMPLOYMENT SERVICE

(WAGNER-PEYSER), PY 2015 VS PY 2014 FINAL ALLOTMENTS

State Final PY 2014 Final PY 2015 Difference % Difference 

Total with Evaluation ............................................................... $664,184,000 $664,184,000 $0 0.00 

Total (ES Activities) ................................................................. $664,184,000 $662,400,000 ($1,784,000) ¥0.27 

Alabama ................................................................................... 8,502,449 8,491,183 (11,266) 0.13 

Alaska ...................................................................................... 7,219,997 7,200,604 (19,393) 0.27 

Arizona ..................................................................................... 12,467,698 12,473,460 5,762 0.05 

Arkansas .................................................................................. 5,307,726 5,283,573 (24,153) 0.46 

California .................................................................................. 79,586,271 79,283,096 (303,175) 0.38 

Colorado .................................................................................. 10,685,065 10,626,917 (58,148) 0.54 

Connecticut .............................................................................. 7,561,842 7,565,360 3,518 0.05 

Delaware .................................................................................. 1,855,182 1,850,199 (4,983) 0.27 

District of Columbia ................................................................. 2,123,634 2,088,474 (35,160) 1.66 

Florida ...................................................................................... 38,551,390 38,350,606 (200,784) 0.52 

Georgia .................................................................................... 19,608,469 19,841,888 233,419 1.19 

Hawaii ...................................................................................... 2,327,227 2,339,563 12,336 0.53 

Idaho ........................................................................................ 6,015,543 5,999,385 (16,158) 0.27 

Illinois ....................................................................................... 27,868,035 27,708,235 (159,800) 0.57 

Indiana ..................................................................................... 12,821,228 12,751,284 (69,944) 0.55

Iowa ......................................................................................... 5,964,574 6,028,720 64,146 1.08 

Kansas ..................................................................................... 5,526,029 5,498,111 (27,918) 0.51 

Kentucky .................................................................................. 8,506,643 8,465,309 (41,334) 0.49 

Louisiana .................................................................................. 8,094,739 8,076,868 (17,871) 0.22 

Maine ....................................................................................... 3,577,386 3,567,777 (9,609) 0.27 

Maryland .................................................................................. 11,906,489 11,934,682 28,193 0.24 

Massachusetts ......................................................................... 13,409,175 13,585,040 175,865 1.31 

Michigan ................................................................................... 21,291,774 21,056,725 (235,049) 1.10

Minnesota ................................................................................ 10,993,540 10,920,175 (73,365) 0.67 

Mississippi ................................................................................ 5,674,402 5,621,814 (52,588) 0.93 

Missouri .................................................................................... 11,888,860 11,967,561 78,701 0.66 

Montana ................................................................................... 4,915,931 4,902,727 (13,204) 0.27 

Nebraska .................................................................................. 5,605,477 5,512,267 (93,210) 1.66 

Nevada ..................................................................................... 6,117,652 6,068,982 (48,670) 0.80 

New Hampshire ....................................................................... 2,650,012 2,641,511 (8,501) 0.32 

New Jersey .............................................................................. 19,124,756 18,973,701 (151,055) 0.79 

New Mexico ............................................................................. 5,516,541 5,501,724 (14,817) 0.27 

New York ................................................................................. 38,504,428 38,363,357 (141,071) 0.37 

North Carolina .......................................................................... 19,555,320 19,378,713 (176,607) 0.90 

North Dakota ............................................................................ 5,005,890 4,992,444 (13,446) 0.27 

Ohio ......................................................................................... 23,710,251 23,445,526 (264,725) 1.12 

Oklahoma ................................................................................. 6,461,834 6,464,603 2,769 0.04 

Oregon ..................................................................................... 8,138,876 8,093,834 (45,042) 0.55 

Pennsylvania ............................................................................ 25,781,009 25,557,772 (223,237) 0.87 

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(WAGNER-PEYSER), PY 2015 VS PY 2014 FINAL ALLOTMENTS—Continued 

State Final PY 2014 Final PY 2015 Difference % Difference 

Puerto Rico .............................................................................. 6,911,482 6,836,910 (74,572) 1.08 

Rhode Island ............................................................................ 2,453,424 2,437,864 (15,560) 0.63 

South Carolina ......................................................................... 9,079,879 8,992,138 (87,741) 0.97 

South Dakota ........................................................................... 4,626,593 4,614,166 (12,427) 0.27 

Tennessee ............................................................................... 12,636,661 12,567,163 (69,498) 0.55 

Texas ....................................................................................... 47,954,459 48,160,966 206,507 0.43 

Utah ......................................................................................... 6,395,863 6,289,510 (106,353) 1.66

Vermont ................................................................................... 2,167,359 2,161,537 (5,822) 0.27 

Virginia ..................................................................................... 15,390,720 15,846,585 455,865 2.96

Washington .............................................................................. 13,819,721 13,756,839 (62,882) 0.46 

West Virginia ............................................................................ 5,295,592 5,281,368 (14,224) 0.27 

Wisconsin ................................................................................. 11,820,318 11,786,589 (33,729) 0.29 

Wyoming .................................................................................. 3,589,535 3,579,894 (9,641) 0.27 

State Total ........................................................................ 662,564,950 660,785,299 (1,779,651) 0.27 

Guam ....................................................................................... 310,787 309,952 (835) 0.27 

Virgin Islands ........................................................................... 1,308,263 1,304,749 (3,514) 0.27 

Outlying Areas Total ......................................................... 1,619,050 1,614,701 (4,349) 0.27 

Evaluations set aside ............................................................... 0 1,784,000 1,784,000 N/A 

TABLE E—U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, WORKFORCE INFORMATION

GRANTS TO STATES, PY 2015 VS PY 2014 ALLOTMENTS

State PY 2014 PY 2015 Difference % Difference 

Total ......................................................................................... $32,000,000 $32,000,000 $0 0.00 

Alabama ................................................................................... 507,835 504,328 (3,507) 0.69 

Alaska ...................................................................................... 289,243 289,343 100 0.03 

Arizona ..................................................................................... 612,836 613,057 221 0.04 

Arkansas .................................................................................. 407,384 405,110 (2,274) 0.56 

California .................................................................................. 2,512,037 2,512,646 609 0.02 

Colorado .................................................................................. 581,206 583,979 2,773 0.48 

Connecticut .............................................................................. 471,257 472,001 744 0.16 

Delaware .................................................................................. 298,885 299,203 318 0.11 

District of Columbia ................................................................. 289,809 289,948 139 0.05 

Florida ...................................................................................... 1,391,578 1,408,710 17,132 1.23 

Georgia .................................................................................... 831,404 824,471 (6,933) 0.83 

Hawaii ...................................................................................... 323,731 325,099 1,368 0.42 

Idaho ........................................................................................ 339,000 339,420 420 0.12 

Illinois ....................................................................................... 1,046,809 1,041,040 (5,769) 0.55

Indiana ..................................................................................... 629,369 635,932 6,563 1.04 

Iowa ......................................................................................... 445,306 450,811 5,505 1.24 

Kansas ..................................................................................... 426,480 426,274 (206) 0.05 

Kentucky .................................................................................. 498,878 493,479 (5,399) 1.08 

Louisiana .................................................................................. 499,691 501,858 2,167 0.43 

Maine ....................................................................................... 331,051 331,102 51 0.02 

Maryland .................................................................................. 626,679 623,467 (3,212) 0.51 

Massachusetts ......................................................................... 669,155 671,558 2,403 0.36 

Michigan ................................................................................... 815,743 820,078 4,335 0.53 

Minnesota ................................................................................ 607,750 608,644 894 0.15 

Mississippi ................................................................................ 405,143 398,706 (6,437) 1.59 

Missouri .................................................................................... 610,737 614,280 3,543 0.58 

Montana ................................................................................... 306,821 307,848 1,027 0.33 

Nebraska .................................................................................. 370,589 369,401 (1,188) 0.32 

Nevada ..................................................................................... 411,954 411,778 (176) 0.04 

New Hampshire ....................................................................... 335,427 335,286 (141) 0.04 

New Jersey .............................................................................. 807,150 791,996 (15,154) 1.88 

New Mexico ............................................................................. 358,969 357,691 (1,278) 0.36 

New York ................................................................................. 1,414,730 1,413,628 (1,102) 0.08 

North Carolina .......................................................................... 820,492 813,419 (7,073) 0.86 

North Dakota ............................................................................ 293,355 294,439 1,084 0.37 

Ohio ......................................................................................... 944,285 944,193 (92) 0.01 

Oklahoma ................................................................................. 465,806 464,819 (987) 0.21 

Oregon ..................................................................................... 480,795 480,082 (713) 0.15 

Pennsylvania ............................................................................ 1,039,220 1,025,094 (14,126) 1.36 

Puerto Rico .............................................................................. 389,936 386,665 (3,271) 0.84 

Rhode Island ............................................................................ 312,805 312,352 (453) 0.14 

South Carolina ......................................................................... 509,004 509,225 221 0.04 

South Dakota ........................................................................... 299,407 299,746 339 0.11 

Tennessee ............................................................................... 624,985 614,134 (10,851) 1.74 

Texas ....................................................................................... 1,796,213 1,821,458 25,245 1.41 

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1The CRJs’ determination in SDARS I was 

appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 

District of Columbia Circuit. The court affirmed the 

determination in all but one respect, remanding to 

the CRJs the single matter of specifying a royalty for 

the use of the section 112 statutory license. 

SoundExchange, Inc. v. Librarian of Congress, 571 

F.3d 1220 (D.C. Cir. 2009). That last issue was 

resolved by the CRJs in further proceedings. 75 FR 

5513 (Feb. 3, 2010). 

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GRANTS TO STATES, PY 2015 VS PY 2014 ALLOTMENTS—Continued 

State PY 2014 PY 2015 Difference % Difference 

Utah ......................................................................................... 413,138 420,602 7,464 1.81 

Vermont ................................................................................... 287,830 287,500 (330) 0.11 

Virginia ..................................................................................... 759,585 765,965 6,380 0.84 

Washington .............................................................................. 668,760 666,958 (1,802) 0.27 

West Virginia ............................................................................ 342,636 341,935 (701) 0.20 

Wisconsin ................................................................................. 618,083 619,893 1,810 0.29 

Wyoming .................................................................................. 282,229 282,549 320 0.11 

State Total ........................................................................ 31,823,200 31,823,200 0 0.00 

Guam ....................................................................................... 93,090 93,090 0 0.00 

Virgin Islands ........................................................................... 83,710 83,710 0 0.00 

Outlying Areas Total ......................................................... 176,800 176,800 0 0.00 

Portia Wu, 

Assistant Secretary for Employment and 

Training. 

[FR Doc. 2015–10328 Filed 5–1–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

Copyright Office 

[Docket No. 2015–02] 

Scope of the Copyright Royalty 

Judges’ Continuing Jurisdiction 

AGENCY: U.S. Copyright Office, Library 

of Congress. 

ACTION: Final order. 

SUMMARY: The Copyright Royalty Judges 

(‘‘CRJs’’), acting pursuant to statute, 

referred novel material questions of 

substantive law to the Register of 

Copyrights for resolution. Those 

questions concerned the scope of the 

CRJs’ authority, under the statutory 

grant of continuing jurisdiction over 

ratemaking determinations, to issue a 

clarifying interpretation of regulations 

adopted pursuant to such a 

determination. The Register resolved 

those questions in a written decision 

that was transmitted to the CRJs. That 

decision is reproduced below. 

DATES: Effective Date: April 8, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen Ruwe, Assistant General 

Counsel, U.S. Copyright Office, P.O. Box 

70400, Washington, DC 20024. 

Telephone: (202) 707–8350. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Copyright Royalty Judges are tasked 

with determining and adjusting terms 

and rates of royalty payments of 

statutory licenses under the Copyright 

Act. See 17 U.S.C. 801. If, in the course 

of proceedings before the CRJs, novel 

material questions of substantive law 

concerning the interpretation of 

provisions of title 17 arise, the CRJs are 

required by statute to refer those 

questions to the Register of Copyrights 

for resolution. 17 U.S.C. 802(f)(1)(B). 

On March 9, 2015, the CRJs, acting 

pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 802(f)(1)(B), 

referred novel material questions of 

substantive law to the Register, 

concerning the CRJs’ authority to issue 

a clarifying interpretation of regulations 

adopted in a prior ratesetting 

determination. On April 8, 2015, the 

Register resolved those questions in a 

Memorandum Opinion that she 

transmitted to the CRJs. To provide the 

public with notice of the decision 

rendered by the Register, the 

Memorandum Opinion is reproduced in 

its entirety below. 

Dated: April 28, 2015. 

Maria A. Pallante, 

Register of Copyrights and Director of the 

U.S. Copyright Office. 

Before the U.S. Copyright Office Library 

of Congress Washington, DC 20559 

In the Matter of Determination of 

Rates and Terms for Preexisting 

Subscription Services and Satellite 

Digital Audio Radio Services 

Docket No. 2006–1 CRB DSTRA (SDARS 

I) 

MEMORANDUM OPINION ON A 

NOVEL QUESTION OF LAW 

In relation to the above-captioned 

proceeding before the Copyright Royalty 

Judges (‘‘CRJs’’ or ‘‘Judges’’), questions 

have arisen about the proper 

interpretation of 17 U.S.C. 803(c)(4), 

which provides the CRJs with 

‘‘continuing jurisdiction’’ in certain 

circumstances to amend a written 

determination after it has issued. The 

CRJs determined that these were novel 

material questions of substantive law 

and, as required by section 802(f)(1)(B), 

referred them to the Register of 

Copyrights for resolution. The Register 

hereby resolves those referred questions. 

I. Procedural Background 

On January 24, 2008, the CRJs 

published final royalty rates and terms 

under the section 112(e) and 114 

statutory licenses for the period 2007 

through 2012 for preexisting satellite 

digital audio radio services (‘‘SDARS 

I’’). 73 FR 4080 (Jan. 24, 2008).1 In that 

proceeding, the CRJs set a royalty rate as 

a percentage of the ‘‘Gross Revenues’’ of 

the satellite services. 73 FR at 4084. The 

definition of ‘‘Gross Revenues’’ adopted 

by the CRJs excluded several categories 

of revenues received by satellite 

services, such as revenues from 

channels and programming that are 

‘‘exempt from any license requirement 

or [are] separately licensed,’’ and 

revenues attributable to channels and 

programming that are ‘‘offered for a 

separate charge’’ and ‘‘use only 

incidental performances of sound 

recordings.’’ 73 FR at 4102; 37 CFR 

382.11 (2008) (paragraph (3)(vi)(B) & (D) 

of Gross Revenues definition). 

On April 17, 2013, the CRJs adjusted 

the royalty rates and terms for satellite 

radio for the period 2013 through 2017 

(‘‘SDARS II’’). 78 FR 23054 (Apr. 17, 

2013) as modified, 78 FR 31842 (May, 

28, 2013). In the course of that 

proceeding, SoundExchange criticized 

the manner in which Sirius XM had 

been excluding revenues in reliance on 

the SDARS I regulations, including its 

practice of excluding revenues 

attributable to sound recordings made 

before February 15, 1972, which are 

generally not subject to federal 

copyright protection, and thus do not 

fall within the section 112(e) and 114 

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