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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 
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‘‘(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 
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‘‘(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
2006
LEVEL
OF
ACTIVI-
TIES.—The term ‘fiscal year 2006 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 2006; and 
‘‘(B) with respect to State grantees, their 
level of activities for fiscal year 2006. 
‘‘(3) GRANTS TO STATES.—The term ‘grants to 
States’ means grants made under this title by the 
Secretary to the States. 
‘‘(4) LEVEL OF ACTIVITIES.—The term ‘level of 
activities’ means the number of authorized positions 
multiplied by the cost per authorized position. 
‘‘(5) NATIONAL GRANTS.—The term ‘national 
grants’ means grants made under this title by the 
Secretary to public and nonprofit private agency and 
organization grantees that operate under this title 
under national grants from the Secretary. 
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‘‘(6) STATE.—The term ‘State’ does not include 
Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States 
Virgin Islands. 
‘‘SEC. 507. EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION. 
‘‘(a) INTERSTATE ALLOCATION.—In making grants 
under section 506, the Secretary shall ensure, to the ex-
tent feasible, an equitable distribution of activities under 
such grants, in the aggregate, among the States, taking 
into account the needs of underserved States. 
‘‘(b) INTRASTATE ALLOCATION.—The amount allo-
cated for projects within each State under section 506 
shall be allocated among areas in the State in an equitable 
manner, taking into consideration the State priorities set 
out in the State plan in effect under section 503(a). 
‘‘SEC. 508. REPORT. 
‘‘To carry out the Secretary’s responsibilities for re-
porting in section 503(g), the Secretary shall require the 
State agency for each State that receives funds under this 
title to prepare and submit a report at the beginning of 
each fiscal year on such State’s compliance with section 
507(b). Such report shall include the names and geo-
graphic location of all projects assisted under this title and 
carried out in the State and the amount allocated to each 
such project under section 506. 
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‘‘SEC. 509. EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AND FEDERAL HOUS-
ING AND FOOD STAMP PROGRAMS. 
‘‘Funds received by eligible individuals from projects 
carried out under the program established in this title 
shall not be considered to be income of such individuals 
for purposes of determining the eligibility of such individ-
uals, or of any other individuals, to participate in any 
housing program for which Federal funds may be available 
or for any income determination under the Food Stamp 
Act of 1977. 
‘‘SEC. 510. ELIGIBILITY FOR WORKFORCE INVESTMENT AC-
TIVITIES. 
‘‘Eligible individuals under this title may be consid-
ered by local workforce investment boards established 
under title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to 
satisfy the requirements for receiving services under such 
title I that are applicable to adults. 
‘‘SEC. 511. TREATMENT OF ASSISTANCE. 
‘‘Assistance provided under this title shall not be con-
sidered to be financial assistance described in section 
245A(h)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1255A(h)(1)(A)). 
‘‘SEC. 512. COORDINATION WITH THE WORKFORCE INVEST-
MENT ACT OF 1998. 
‘‘(a) PARTNERS.—Grantees under this title shall be 
One-Stop partners as described in subparagraphs (A) and 
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(B)(vi) of section 121(b)(1) of the Workforce Investment 
Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2841(b)(1)) in the One-Stop deliv-
ery system established under section 134(c)) of such Act 
(29 U.S.C. 2864(c))) for the appropriate local workforce 
investment areas, and shall carry out the responsibilities 
relating to such partners. 
‘‘(b) COORDINATION.—In local workforce investment 
areas where more than 1 grantee under this title provides 
services, the grantees shall— 
‘‘(1) coordinate their activities related to the 
One-Stop delivery system; and 
‘‘(2) shall be signatories of the memorandum of 
understanding established under section 121(c) of 
the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
2841(c)). 
‘‘SEC. 513. PERFORMANCE. 
‘‘(a) MEASURES.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
MEASURES.—The 
Secretary shall establish, in consultation with grant-
ees, subgrantees, and host agencies under this title, 
States, older individuals, area agencies on aging, and 
other organizations serving older individuals, per-
formance measures for each grantee for projects and 
services carried out under this title. 
‘‘(2) CONTENT.— 
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