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 allotment 
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 
‘‘(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 ACTIVITIES.— 
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 Sec-
retary 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. 
‘‘(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 extent
feasible, an equitable distribution of activities under such 
grants, in the aggregate, among the States, taking into ac-
count 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 man-
ner, 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 geographic 
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. 
‘‘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 pur-
poses of determining the eligibility of such individuals, or 
of any other individuals, to participate in any housing pro-
gram 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 
(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 delivery 
system established under section 134(c)) of such Act (29 
U.S.C. 2864(c))) for the appropriate local workforce invest-
ment areas, and shall carry out the responsibilities relating 
to such partners.