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priated under subsection (a) to make payments 
to the territories. 
‘‘(B) ALLOCATION.—Of the amount re-
served under subparagraph (A)— 
‘‘(i) 50 percent of such amount shall 
be allocated by the Secretary equally 
among each territory; and 
‘‘(ii) 50 percent of such amount shall 
be allocated by the Secretary as an addi-
tional amount to each territory in an 
amount which bears the same proportion 
to 1⁄2 of the total amount reserved under 
subparagraph (A) as the relative popu-
lation of the territory bears to the total 
population of all such territories. 
‘‘(C) PAYMENT.—The Secretary shall pay 
each territory the total of the amounts allocated 
for the territory under subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(2) PAYMENTS TO TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
reserve $20,000,000,000 of the amount appro-
priated under subsection (a) to make payments 
to Tribal governments. 
‘‘(B) ALLOCATION.—Of the amount re-
served under subparagraph (A)—
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‘‘(i) $1,000,000,000 shall be allocated 
by the Secretary equally among each Trib-
al government; and 
‘‘(ii) $19,000,000,000 shall be allo-
cated by the Secretary among each Tribal 
government in an amount determined by 
the Secretary. 
‘‘(C) PAYMENT.— The Secretary shall pay 
each Tribal government the total of the 
amounts allocated for the Tribal government 
under subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(3) PAYMENTS TO EACH OF THE 50 STATES 
AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
reserve $195,300,000,000 of the amount appro-
priated under subsection (a) to make payments 
to each of the 50 States and the District of Co-
lumbia. 
‘‘(B) ALLOCATIONS.—Of the amount re-
served under subparagraph (A)— 
‘‘(i) $25,500,000,000 of such amount 
shall be allocated by the Secretary equally 
among each of the 50 States and the Dis-
trict of Columbia;
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‘‘(ii) 
an 
amount 
equal 
to 
$1,250,000,000 less the amount allocated 
for the District of Columbia pursuant to 
section 601(c)(6) shall allocated by the 
Secretary as an additional amount to the 
District of Columbia; and 
‘‘(iii) an amount equal to the remain-
der of the amount reserved under subpara-
graph (A) after the application of clauses 
(i) and (ii) of this subparagraph shall be 
allocated by the Secretary as an additional 
amount to each of the 50 States and the 
District of Columbia in an amount which 
bears the same proportion to such remain-
der as the average estimated number of 
seasonally-adjusted unemployed individuals 
(as measured by the Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics 
program) in the State or District of Co-
lumbia over the 3-month period ending in 
December 2020 bears to the average esti-
mated number of seasonally-adjusted un-
employed individuals in all of the 50 States 
and the District of Columbia over the same 
period.
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‘‘(C) PAYMENT.—The Secretary shall pay 
each of the 50 States and the District of Co-
lumbia the total of the amounts allocated for 
the State and District of Columbia under sub-
paragraph (B). 
‘‘(4) POPULATION DATA.—For purposes of de-
termining allocations for a State or territory under 
this section, the population of the State or territory 
shall be determined based on the most recent data 
available from the Bureau of the Census. 
‘‘(5) TIMING.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), to the extent practicable, with re-
spect to each State, territory, and Tribal gov-
ernment allocated a payment under this sub-
section, the Secretary shall make the payment 
required for the State, territory, or Tribal gov-
ernment (as applicable) not later than 60 days 
after the date on which the certification re-
quired under subsection (d) is provided to the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—With respect to the 
amount allocated to the District of Columbia 
under paragraph (3)(B)(ii)—
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‘‘(i) the Secretary shall pay such 
amount to the District of Columbia not 
later than 15 days after the date of enact-
ment of this section; and 
‘‘(ii) the District of Columbia shall 
not be required to submit a certification 
under subsection (d) as a condition for re-
ceiving such payment. 
‘‘(6) PRO
RATA
ADJUSTMENT
AUTHORITY.— 
The amounts otherwise determined for allocation 
and payment under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) 
may be adjusted by the Secretary on a pro rata 
basis to the extent necessary to ensure that all avail-
able funds are distributed to territories, Tribal gov-
ernments, and States in accordance with the require-
ments specified in each paragraph (as applicable) 
and the certification requirement specified in sub-
section (d). 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) USE OF FUNDS.—A State, territory, or 
Tribal government shall only use the funds provided 
under a payment made under this section, or trans-
ferred pursuant to section 603(c)(3), to— 
‘‘(A) respond to or mitigate the public 
health 
emergency 
with 
respect 
to 
the
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) or its 
negative economic impacts; 
‘‘(B) cover costs incurred as a result of 
such emergency; 
‘‘(C) replace revenue that was lost, de-
layed, or decreased (as determined based on 
revenue projections for the State, Tribal Gov-
ernment, or territory as of January 27, 2020) 
as a result of such emergency; or 
‘‘(D) address the negative economic im-
pacts of such emergency. 
‘‘(2) TRANSFER
AUTHORITY.—A State, terri-
tory, or Tribal government receiving a payment from 
funds made available under this section may transfer 
funds to a private nonprofit organization (as that 
term is defined in paragraph (17) of section 401 of 
the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11360(17)), or a public benefit corporation 
involved in the transportation of passengers or 
cargo, a special-purpose unit of State or local gov-
ernment. 
‘‘(d) CERTIFICATION
OF
NEED
AND
INTENDED 
USES.—In order to receive a payment under this section 
(other than the payment made in accordance with sub-
section (b)(5)(B) of this section) or a transfer of funds
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under section 603(c)(3), a State, territory, or Tribal gov-
ernment shall provide the Secretary with a certification 
signed by the authorized officer of such State, territory, 
or Tribal government, that— 
‘‘(1) such State, territory, or Tribal government 
requires Federal assistance under this section to ef-
fectively carry out the activities specified in sub-
section (c) of this section; and 
‘‘(2) such State, territory, or Tribal govern-
ment’s intended uses of any payment under this sec-
tion, or transfer of funds under section 603(c)(3), 
are consistent with subsection (c) of this section. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 
the Secretary of the Treasury. 
‘‘(2) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of 
the 50 States and the District of Columbia. 
‘‘(3) TERRITORY.—The term ‘territory’ means 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United 
States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands, and American 
Samoa. 
‘‘(4) TRIBAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘Tribal 
Government’ means the recognized governing body 
of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation,
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pueblo, village, community, component band, or com-
ponent reservation, individually identified (including 
parenthetically) in the list published most recently as 
of the date of enactment of this Act pursuant to sec-
tion 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe 
List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131). 
‘‘SEC. 603. CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND. 
‘‘(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts oth-
erwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, $130,200,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for making payments under this section to metro-
politan cities, nonentitlement units of local government, 
and counties to mitigate the fiscal effects stemming from 
the public health emergency with respect to the 
Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19). 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO MAKE PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) METROPOLITAN CITIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount appro-
priated under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall reserve $45,570,000,000 to make pay-
ments to metropolitan cities. 
‘‘(B) ALLOCATION AND PAYMENT.—From 
the amount reserved under subparagraph (A), 
the Secretary shall estimate, allocate, and pay,
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to each metropolitan city an amount determined 
for the metropolitan city consistent with the 
formula under section 106(b) of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5306(b)), except that, in applying such 
formula, the Secretary shall substitute ‘all met-
ropolitan cities’ for ‘all metropolitan areas’ each 
place it appears. 
‘‘(2) NONENTITLEMENT UNITS OF LOCAL GOV-
ERNMENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount appro-
priated under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall reserve $19,530,000,000 to make pay-
ments to States for distribution by the State to 
nonentitlement units of local government in the 
State. 
‘‘(B) ALLOCATION AND PAYMENT.—From 
the amount reserved under subparagraph (A), 
the Secretary shall allocate and pay to each 
State an amount which bears the same propor-
tion to such reserved amount as the total popu-
lation of all areas that are non-metropolitan cit-
ies in the State bears to the total population of 
all areas that are non-metropolitan cities in all 
such States.
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‘‘(C) DISTRIBUTION TO NONENTITLEMENT 
UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 
days after a State receives a payment 
under subparagraph (B), the State shall 
distribute to each nonentitlement unit of 
local government in the State an amount 
that bears the same proportion to the 
amount of such payment as the population 
of the nonentitlement unit of local govern-
ment bears to the total population of all 
the nonentitlement units of local govern-
ment in the State, subject to clause (iii). 
‘‘(ii) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(I) EXTENSION FOR DISTRIBU-
TION.—If an authorized officer of a 
State required to make distributions 
under clause (i) certifies in writing to 
the Secretary before the end of the 
30-day distribution period described 
in such clause that it would constitute 
an excessive administrative burden for 
the State to meet the terms of such 
clause with respect to 1 or more such 
distributions, the authorized officer
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may request, and the Secretary shall 
grant, an extension of such period of 
not more than 30 days to allow the 
State to make such distributions in 
accordance with clause (i). 
‘‘(II) 
ADDITIONAL
EXTEN-
SIONS.— 
‘‘(aa) IN
GENERAL.—If a 
State has been granted an exten-
sion to the distribution period 
under subclause (I) but is unable 
to make all the distributions re-
quired under clause (i) before the 
end of such period as extended, 
the authorized officer of the 
State may request an additional 
extension of the distribution pe-
riod of not more than 30 days. 
The Secretary may grant a re-
quest for an additional extension 
of such period only if— 
‘‘(AA) the authorized 
officer making such request 
provides a written plan to 
the Secretary specifying, for
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each distribution for which 
an additional extension is re-
quested, when the State ex-
pects to make such distribu-
tion and the actions the 
State has taken and will 
take in order to make all 
such distributions before the 
end of the distribution pe-
riod (as extended under sub-
clause (I) and this sub-
clause); and 
‘‘(BB) 
the 
Secretary 
certifies in writing that the 
actions specified in such 
plan are likely sufficient for 
the State to make all such 
distributions before the end 
of the distribution period (as 
so extended). 
‘‘(bb) 
FURTHER
ADDI-
TIONAL EXTENSIONS.—If a State 
granted an additional extension 
of the distribution period under 
item (aa) requires any further
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additional extensions of such pe-
riod, the request only may be 
made and granted subject to the 
requirements specified in item 
(aa). 
‘‘(iii) CAPPED
AMOUNT.—The total 
amount distributed to a nonentitlement 
unit of local government under this para-
graph may not exceed the amount equal to 
75 percent of the most recent budget for 
the nonentitlement unit of local govern-
ment as of January 27, 2020. 
‘‘(iv) REDISTRIBUTION
OF
EXCESS 
AMOUNTS.—Any amounts not distributed 
to a nonentitlement unit of local govern-
ment as a result of the application of 
clause (iii) shall be retained or paid as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(I) 50 percent of all such undis-
tributed amounts shall be retained by 
the State. 
‘‘(II) Subject to the payment 
limit under clause (iii), the remainder 
of all such undistributed amounts 
shall be allocated and paid by the
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State to each nonentitlement unit of 
local government in the State an 
amount that bears the same propor-
tion to such remainder as the popu-
lation of the nonentitlement unit of 
local government bears to the total 
population of all nonentitlement units 
of local government in the State. 
‘‘(v) ADJUSTMENT
AUTHORITY.—A 
State may make pro rata adjustments to 
the allocations determined under clause 
(iv)(II) as necessary to comply with clause 
(iii) and ensure that all available funds are 
distributed to nonentitlement units of local 
government in a State. 
‘‘(D) PENALTY FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.—If, 
by the end of the 120-day period that begins on 
the date a State receives a payment under sub-
paragraph (B) or, if later, the last day of the 
distribution period for the State (as extended 
with respect to the State under subparagraph 
(C)(ii)), such State has failed to make all the 
distributions from such payment in accordance 
with the terms of subparagraph (C) (including 
any extensions of the distribution period grant-
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ed in accordance with such subparagraph), an 
amount equal to the amount of such payment 
that remains undistributed as of such date shall 
be booked as a debt of such State owed to the 
Federal Government, shall be paid back from 
the State’s allocation provided under section 
602(b)(3)(B)(iii), and shall be deposited into 
the general fund of the Treasury. 
‘‘(3) COUNTIES.— 
‘‘(A) AMOUNT.—From the amount appro-
priated under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall reserve $65,100,000,000 of such amount 
to make payments directly to counties in an 
amount which bears the same proportion to the 
total amount reserved under this paragraph as 
the relative population of each such county 
bears to the total population of all such entities. 
‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULES.— 
‘‘(i) URBAN
COUNTIES.—No county 
that is an ‘urban county’ (as defined in 
section 102 of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
5302)) shall receive less than the amount 
the county would otherwise receive if the 
amount paid under this paragraph were al-
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located to metropolitan cities and urban 
counties under section 106(b) of the Hous-
ing and Community Development Act of 
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306(b)). 
‘‘(ii) COUNTIES THAT ARE NOT UNITS 
OF
GENERAL
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT.—In 
the case of an amount to be paid to a 
county that is not a unit of general local 
government, the amount shall instead be 
paid to the State in which such county is 
located, and such State shall distribute 
such amount to units of general local gov-
ernment within such county in an amounts 
that bear the same proportion as the popu-
lation of such units of general local govern-
ment bear to the total population of such 
county. 
‘‘(iii) DISTRICT
OF
COLUMBIA.—For 
purposes of this paragraph, the District of 
Columbia shall be considered to consist of 
a single county that is a unit of general 
local government. 
‘‘(4) CONSOLIDATED
GOVERNMENTS.—A unit 
of general local government that has formed a con-
solidated government, or that is geographically con-
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tained (in full or in part) within the boundaries of 
another unit of general local government may receive 
a distribution under each of paragraphs (1), (2), and 
(3), as applicable, based on the respective formulas 
specified in such paragraphs. 
‘‘(5) PRO
RATA
ADJUSTMENT
AUTHORITY.— 
The amounts otherwise determined for allocation 
and payment under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) 
may be adjusted by the Secretary on a pro rata 
basis to the extent necessary to ensure that all avail-
able funds are distributed to metropolitan cities, 
counties, and States in accordance with the require-
ments specified in each paragraph (as applicable) 
and the certification requirement specified in sub-
section (d). 
‘‘(6) POPULATION.—For purposes of deter-
mining allocations under this section, the population 
of an entity shall be determined based on the most 
recent data are available from the Bureau of the 
Census or, if not available, from such other data as 
a State determines appropriate. 
‘‘(7) TIMING.—To the extent practicable— 
‘‘(A) with respect to each metropolitan city 
allocated a payment under paragraph (1) and 
each county allocated a payment under para-
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graph (3), the Secretary shall make the pay-
ment required for the metropolitan city or coun-
ty (as applicable) not later than 60 days after 
the date on which the certification required 
under subsection (d) is provided to the Sec-
retary; and 
‘‘(B) with respect to the payments allo-
cated to States under paragraph (2) for dis-
tribution to nonentitlement units of local gov-
ernment, the Secretary shall make such pay-
ments not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this section. 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) USE OF FUNDS.—Except as provided in 
paragraph (3), a metropolitan city, nonentitlement 
unit of local government, or county receiving a pay-
ment from funds made available under this section 
shall only use such amounts to— 
‘‘(A) respond to or mitigate the public 
health 
emergency 
with 
respect 
to 
the 
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) or its 
negative economic impacts; 
‘‘(B) cover costs incurred as a result of 
such emergency;
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‘‘(C) replace revenue that was lost, de-
layed, or decreased (as determined based on 
revenue projections for the metropolitan city, 
nonentitlement unit of local government, or 
county as of January 27, 2020) as a result of 
such emergency; or 
‘‘(D) address the negative economic im-
pacts of such emergency. 
‘‘(2) TRANSFER
AUTHORITY.—A metropolitan 
city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or 
county receiving a payment from funds made avail-
able under this section may transfer funds to a pri-
vate nonprofit organization (as that term is defined 
in paragraph (17) of section 401 of the McKinney- 
Vento 
Homeless 
Assistance 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
11360(17)), a public benefit corporation involved in 
the transportation of passengers or cargo, or a spe-
cial-purpose unit of State or local government. 
‘‘(3) TRANSFERS TO STATES.—Notwithstanding 
paragraph (1) of this subsection, a metropolitan city, 
nonentitlement unit of local government, or county 
receiving a payment from funds made available 
under this section may transfer such funds to the 
State in which such entity is located.
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‘‘(d) CERTIFICATION
OF
NEED
AND
INTENDED 
USES.—In order to receive a payment under paragraphs 
(1) or (3) of subsection (b), a metropolitan city or a coun-
ty (as each of those terms are defined in subsection (e)), 
shall provide the Secretary with a certification signed by 
the authorized officer of such metropolitan city or county, 
that— 
‘‘(1) such metropolitan city or county requires 
Federal assistance under this section to effectively 
carry out the activities specified in subsection (c); 
and 
‘‘(2) such metropolitan city or county’s intended 
uses of any payment under this section are con-
sistent with subsection (c). 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COUNTY.—The term ‘county’ means a 
county, parish, or other equivalent county division 
(as defined by the Bureau of the Census). 
‘‘(2) METROPOLITAN CITY.—The term ‘metro-
politan city’ has the meaning given that term in sec-
tion 102(a)(4) of the Housing and Community De-
velopment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(4)) and 
includes cities that relinquish or defer their status as 
a metropolitan city for purposes of receiving alloca-
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tions under section 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
5306) for fiscal year 2021. 
‘‘(3) NONENTITLEMENT UNIT OF LOCAL GOV-
ERNMENT.—The term ‘nonentitlement unit of local 
government’ means a ‘city’ (as that term is defined 
in section 102(a)(5) of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(5))) 
that is not a metropolitan city. 
‘‘(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 
the Secretary of the Treasury. 
‘‘(5) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of 
the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin 
Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, and American Samoa. 
‘‘(6) UNIT
OF
GENERAL
LOCAL
GOVERN-
MENT.—The term ‘unit of general local government’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 
102(a)(1) of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(1)).’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The heading for title 
VI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is 
amended by striking ‘‘FUND’’ and inserting ‘‘AND 
FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS’’.
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expenses for the White House, to prevent, prepare for, and 
respond to coronavirus. 
TITLE VI—COMMITTEE ON 
SMALL BUSINESS 
SEC. 6001. MODIFICATIONS TO PAYCHECK PROTECTION 
PROGRAM. 
(a) ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN NONPROFIT ENTITIES 
FOR COVERED LOANS UNDER THE PAYCHECK PROTEC-
TION PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 7(a)(36) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)), as 
amended by the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small 
Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act (title III of 
division N of Public Law 116–260), is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in clause (xv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(ii) in clause (xvi), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(xvii) the term ‘additional covered 
nonprofit entity’— 
‘‘(I) means an organization de-
scribed in any paragraph of section
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(II) data on reductions in farebox 
or other sources of local revenue for 
sustained operations; 
(III) a spending plan for such 
funds; and 
(IV) demonstration of expendi-
ture of greater than 90 percent of 
funds available to the applicant from 
funds made available for similar ac-
tivities in fiscal year 2020. 
(ii) DEADLINES.—The Administrator 
of the Federal Transit Administration 
shall— 
(I) not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, 
issue a Notice of Funding Oppor-
tunity for assistance under this para-
graph; and 
(II) not later than 120 days after 
the application deadline established in 
the Notice of Funding Opportunity 
under subclause (I), make awards 
under this paragraph to selected ap-
plicants. 
(iii) EVALUATION.—