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‘‘(b) STATE ALLOTMENTS.—The allotment for each 
State shall be the sum of the amounts allotted for national 
grants in such State under subsection (d) and for the 
grant to such State under subsection (e). 
‘‘(c) DIVISION BETWEEN NATIONAL GRANTS AND 
GRANTS TO STATES.—The funds appropriated to carry 
out this title for any fiscal year that remain after amounts 
are reserved under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of sub-
section (a) shall be divided by the Secretary between na-
tional grants and grants to States as follows: 
‘‘(1) RESERVATION
OF
FUNDS
FOR
FISCAL 
YEAR 2000 LEVEL OF ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
reserve the amount of funds necessary to main-
tain the fiscal year 2000 level of activities sup-
ported by grantees that operate under this title 
under national grants from the Secretary, and 
the fiscal year 2000 level of activities supported 
by State grantees under this title, in proportion 
to their respective fiscal year 2000 levels of ac-
tivities. 
‘‘(B) INSUFFICIENT APPROPRIATIONS.—If 
in any fiscal year the funds appropriated to 
carry out this title are insufficient to satisfy the 
requirement specified in subparagraph (A), then 
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the amount described in subparagraph (A) shall 
be reduced proportionally. 
‘‘(2) FUNDING IN EXCESS OF FISCAL YEAR 2000 
LEVEL OF ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(A) UP TO $35,000,000.—The amount of 
funds remaining (if any) after the application of 
paragraph (1), but not to exceed $35,000,000, 
shall be divided so that 75 percent shall be pro-
vided to State grantees and 25 percent shall be 
provided to grantees that operate under this 
title under national grants from the Secretary. 
‘‘(B) OVER
$35,000,000.—The amount of 
funds remaining (if any) after the application of 
subparagraph (A) shall be divided so that 50 
percent shall be provided to State grantees and 
50 percent shall be provided to grantees that 
operate under this title under national grants 
from the Secretary. 
‘‘(d) ALLOTMENTS FOR NATIONAL GRANTS.—From 
funds available under subsection (c) for national grants, 
the Secretary shall allot for public and nonprofit private 
agency and organization grantees that operate under this 
title under national grants from the Secretary in each 
State, an amount that bears the same ratio to such funds 
as the product of the number of individuals age 55 or older 
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in the State and the allotment percentage of such State 
bears to the sum of the corresponding products for all 
States, except as follows: 
‘‘(1) MINIMUM ALLOTMENT.—No State shall be 
provided an amount under this subsection that is 
less than 1⁄2 of 1 percent of the amount provided 
under subsection (c) for public and nonprofit private 
agency and organization grantees that operate under 
this title under national grants from the Secretary 
in all of the States. 
‘‘(2) HOLD HARMLESS.—If such amount pro-
vided under subsection (c) is— 
‘‘(A) equal to or less than the amount nec-
essary to maintain the fiscal year 2000 level of 
activities, allotments for grantees that operate 
under this title under national grants from the 
Secretary in each State shall be proportional to 
the amount necessary to maintain their fiscal 
year 2000 level of activities; or 
‘‘(B) greater than the amount necessary to 
maintain the fiscal year 2000 level of activities, 
no State shall be provided a percentage increase 
above the amount necessary to maintain the fis-
cal year 2000 level of activities for grantees 
that operate under this title under national 
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grants from the Secretary in the State that is 
less than 30 percent of the percentage increase 
above the amount necessary to maintain the fis-
cal year 2000 level of activities for public and 
private nonprofit agency and organization 
grantees that operate under this title under na-
tional grants from the Secretary in all of the 
States. 
‘‘(3) REDUCTION.—Allotments for States not 
affected by paragraphs (1) and (2)(B) shall be re-
duced proportionally to satisfy the conditions in such 
paragraphs. 
‘‘(e) ALLOTMENTS FOR GRANTS TO STATES.—From 
the amount provided for grants to States under subsection 
(c), the Secretary shall allot for the State grantee in each 
State an amount that bears the same ratio to such amount 
as the product of the number of individuals age 55 or older 
in the State and the allotment percentage of such State 
bears to the sum of the corresponding products for all 
States, except as follows: 
‘‘(1) MINIMUM ALLOTMENT.—No State shall be 
provided an amount under this subsection that is 
less than 1⁄2 of 1 percent of the amount provided 
under subsection (c) for State grantees in all of the 
States. 
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‘‘(2) HOLD HARMLESS.—If such amount pro-
vided under subsection (c) is— 
‘‘(A) equal to or less than the amount nec-
essary to maintain the fiscal year 2000 level of 
activities, allotments for State grantees in each 
State shall be proportional to the amount nec-
essary to maintain their fiscal year 2000 level 
of activities; or 
‘‘(B) greater than the amount necessary to 
maintain the fiscal year 2000 level of activities, 
no State shall be provided a percentage increase 
above the amount necessary to maintain the fis-
cal year 2000 level of activities for State grant-
ees in the State that is less than 30 percent of 
the percentage increase above the amount nec-
essary to maintain the fiscal year 2000 level of 
activities for State grantees in all of the States. 
‘‘(3) REDUCTION.—Allotments for States not 
affected by paragraphs (1) and (2)(B) shall be re-
duced proportionally to satisfy the conditions in such 
paragraphs. 
‘‘(f) ALLOTMENT PERCENTAGE.—For purposes of 
subsections (d) and (e) and this subsection— 
‘‘(1) the allotment percentage of each State 
shall be 100 percent less that percentage that bears 
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the same ratio to 50 percent as the per capita in-
come of such State bears to the per capita income 
of the United States, except that— 
‘‘(A) the allotment percentage shall be not 
more than 75 percent and not less than 33 per-
cent; and 
‘‘(B) the allotment percentage for the Dis-
trict of Columbia and the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico shall be 75 percent; 
‘‘(2) the number of individuals age 55 or older 
in any State and in all States, and the per capita 
income in any State and in all States, shall be deter-
mined by the Secretary on the basis of the most sat-
isfactory data available to the Secretary; and 
‘‘(3) for the purpose of determining the allot-
ment percentage, the term ‘United States’ means 
the 50 States, and the District of Columbia. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COST PER AUTHORIZED POSITION.—The 
term ‘cost per authorized position’ means the sum 
of— 
‘‘(A) the hourly minimum wage rate speci-
fied in section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Stand-
ards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)), multi-
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plied by the number of hours equal to the prod-
uct of 21 hours and 52 weeks; 
‘‘(B) an amount equal to 11 percent of the 
amount specified under subparagraph (A), for 
the purpose of covering Federal payments for 
fringe benefits; and 
‘‘(C) an amount determined by the Sec-
retary, for the purpose of covering Federal pay-
ments for the remainder of all other program 
and administrative costs. 
‘‘(2) FISCAL
YEAR
2000
LEVEL
OF
ACTIVI-
TIES.—The term ‘fiscal year 2000 level of activities’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) with respect to public and nonprofit 
private agency and organization grantees that 
operate under this title under national grants 
from the Secretary, their level of activities for 
fiscal year 2000; and 
‘‘(B) with respect to State grantees, their 
level of activities for fiscal year 2000. 
‘‘(3) GRANTS TO STATES.—The term ‘grants to 
States’ means grants made under this title by the 
Secretary to the States. 
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