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 the amount pro-
vided under subsection (c) is— 
‘‘(A) equal to or less than the amount nec-
essary to maintain the fiscal year 2006 level of 
activities, allotments for grantees that operate 
under this title under national grants from the 
Secretary in each State shall be proportional to 
their fiscal year 2006 level of activities; or 
‘‘(B) greater than the amount necessary to 
maintain the fiscal year 2006 level of activities, 
no State shall be provided a percentage increase 
above the fiscal year 2006 level of activities for 
grantees that operate under this title under na-
tional grants from the Secretary in the State 
that is less than 30 percent of such percentage 
increase above the fiscal year 2006 level of ac-
tivities for public and nonprofit private agency 
and organization grantees that operate under 
this title under national grants from the Sec-
retary in all of the States. 
‘‘(3) REDUCTION.—Allotments for States not 
affected by paragraphs (1) and (2)(B) of this sub-
section shall be reduced 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 55 years of 
age or older in the State and the allotment percentage of 
such State bears to the sum of the corresponding product 
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. 
‘‘(2) HOLD
HARMLESS.—If the amount pro-
vided under subsection (c) is— 
‘‘(A) equal to or less than the amount nec-
essary to maintain the fiscal year 2006 level of
activities, allotments for State grantees in each 
State shall be proportional to their fiscal year 
2006 level of activities; or 
‘‘(B) greater than the amount necessary to 
maintain the fiscal year 2006 level of activities, 
no State shall be provided a percentage increase 
above the fiscal year 2006 level of activities for 
State grantees in the State that is less than 30 
percent of such percentage increase above the 
fiscal year 2006 level of activities for State 
grantees in all of the States. 
‘‘(3) REDUCTION.—Allotments for States not 
affected by paragraphs (1) and (2)(B) of this sub-
section shall be reduced proportionally to satisfy the 
conditions in such paragraphs. 
‘‘(f) ALLOTMENT PERCENTAGE.—For purposes of 
subsections (d) and (e)— 
‘‘(1) the allotment percentage of each State 
shall be 100 percent less that percentage that bears 
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 55 years of age 
or older in any State and in all States, and the per 
capita income in any State and in all States, shall 
be determined by the Secretary on the basis of the 
most satisfactory 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.—For purposes of 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-
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