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‘‘(2) EXPENDITURE PURPOSES.—Subject to sub-
section (d), payments received by a State under sub-
section (a) and distributed to counties in accordance 
with paragraph (1) shall be expended as required by 
the laws referred to in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(d) EXPENDITURE RULES
FOR ELIGIBLE COUN-
TIES.— 
‘‘(1) ALLOCATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) USE OF PORTION IN SAME MANNER AS 
25-PERCENT PAYMENT OR 50-PERCENT PAYMENT, 
AS APPLICABLE.—Except as provided in para-
graph (3)(B), if an eligible county elects to re-
ceive its share of the State payment or the coun-
ty payment, not less than 80 percent, but not 
more than 85 percent, of the funds shall be ex-
pended in the same manner in which the 25-per-
cent payments or 50-percent payment, as appli-
cable, are required to be expended. 
‘‘(B) ELECTION AS TO USE OF BALANCE.— 
Except as provided in subparagraph (C), an eli-
gible county shall elect to do 1 or more of the fol-
lowing with the balance of any funds not ex-
pended pursuant to subparagraph (A): 
‘‘(i) Reserve any portion of the balance 
for projects in accordance with title II. 
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‘‘(ii) Reserve not more than 7 percent 
of the total share for the eligible county of 
the State payment or the county payment 
for projects in accordance with title III. 
‘‘(iii) Return the portion of the balance 
not reserved under clauses (i) and (ii) to the 
Treasury of the United States. 
‘‘(C) COUNTIES
WITH
MODEST
DISTRIBU-
TIONS.—In the case of each eligible county to 
which more than $100,000, but less than 
$350,000, is distributed for any fiscal year pur-
suant to either or both of paragraphs (1)(B) and 
(2)(B) of subsection (a), the eligible county, with 
respect to the balance of any funds not expended 
pursuant to subparagraph (A) for that fiscal 
year, shall— 
‘‘(i) reserve any portion of the balance 
for— 
‘‘(I) carrying out projects under 
title II; 
‘‘(II) carrying out projects under 
title III; or 
‘‘(III) a combination of the pur-
poses described in subclauses (I) and 
(II); or 
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‘‘(ii) return the portion of the balance 
not reserved under clause (i) to the Treas-
ury of the United States. 
‘‘(2) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Funds reserved by an 
eligible county under subparagraph (B)(i) or 
(C)(i)(I) of paragraph (1) shall be deposited in 
a special account in the Treasury of the United 
States. 
‘‘(B) 
AVAILABILITY.—Amounts 
deposited 
under subparagraph (A) shall— 
‘‘(i) be available for expenditure by the 
Secretary concerned, without further appro-
priation; and 
‘‘(ii) remain available until expended 
in accordance with title II. 
‘‘(3) ELECTION.— 
‘‘(A) NOTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—An eligible county 
shall notify the Secretary concerned of an 
election by the eligible county under this 
subsection not later than September 30 of 
each fiscal year. 
‘‘(ii) FAILURE TO ELECT.—Except as 
provided in subparagraph (B), if the eligi-
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ble county fails to make an election by the 
date specified in clause (i), the eligible 
county shall— 
‘‘(I) be considered to have elected 
to expend 85 percent of the funds in 
accordance with paragraph (1)(A); and 
‘‘(II) return the balance to the 
Treasury of the United States. 
‘‘(B) COUNTIES
WITH
MINOR
DISTRIBU-
TIONS.—In the case of each eligible county to 
which less than $100,000 is distributed for any 
fiscal year pursuant to either or both of para-
graphs (1)(B) and (2)(B) of subsection (a), the 
eligible county may elect to expend all the funds 
in the same manner in which the 25-percent 
payments or 50-percent payments, as applicable, 
are required to be expended. 
‘‘(e) TIME FOR PAYMENT.—The payments required 
under this section for a fiscal year shall be made as soon 
as practicable after the end of that fiscal year. 
‘‘SEC. 103. TRANSITION PAYMENTS TO THE STATES OF CALI-
FORNIA, OREGON, AND WASHINGTON. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ADJUSTED
AMOUNT.—The term ‘adjusted 
amount’ means, with respect to a covered State— 
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