A bill to amend the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act with respect to State allotments under the Act.
PL 99-357 (H.R.4841), enacted 07/08/1986

PUBLIC LAW 99-357—JULY 8, 1986 
100 STAT. 761 
Public Law 99-357 
99th Congress 
An Act 
To amend the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act with respect to State 
July 8, 1986 
allotments under the Act. 
[H.R. 4841] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ALLOTMENTS UNDER THE CARL D. PERKINS VOCATIONAL 
EDUCATION ACT. 
Section 101(a)(3) of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act 20 use 2311. 
is amended to read as follows: 
"(3)(A)(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject 
to clause (ii), for any fiscal year for programs authorized by title II 
or part B of title III of this Act, no State shall receive less than the 20 use 2331, 
payments made to the State for each such program for fiscal year ^^^^ 
1985 under Public Laws 98-619 and 99-88. Amounts necessary for 98 Stat. 3305; 
increasing such payments to States to comply with the preceding ^^ ^^^^- ^^^• 
sentence shall be obtained by ratably reducing the amounts to be 
paid to other States, but no such amount shall be reduced to an 
amount which is less than the amount a State received under the 
Act for each such program for fiscal year 1985. 
"(ii) If for any fiscal year the amount appropriated for programs 
authorized by title II or part B of title III and available for allotment 
under this section is insufficient to satisfy the provisions of clause 
(i), the payments to all States for each such program shall be ratably 
reduced as necessary. 
"(B)(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to 
subparagraph (A) and clause (ii), for any fiscal year for which the 
amounts appropriated for programs authorized by title II or part A, 
B, C, D, or E of title III (and available for allotment under this 20 use 
section) exceed the amounts so available for fiscal year 1985, no 2351-2393. 
State shall receive less than one-half of one percent of the amount 
available for each such program for that fiscal year under this 
subsection. Amounts necessary for increasing such payments to 
States to comply with the preceding sentence shall be obtained by 
ratably reducing the amounts to be paid to other States. 
100 STAT. 762 
PUBLIC LAW 99-357—JULY 8, 1986 
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Virgin Islands. 
Guam. 
American 
Samoa. 
Northern 
Mariana 
Islands. 
Trust Territory 
of the Pacific 
Islands. 
"(ii) Due to the application of the provisions of clause (i), for any 
fiscal year, no State shall receive more than 150 percent of the 
payments made to the State for each program authorized by title II, 
or part A, B, C, D, or E of title III for the preceding fiscal year. 
"(C) In the case of the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, 
the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the 
Pacific Islands, the minimum allotment for all programs under the 
Act shall be $200,000.". 
Approved July 8, 1986. 
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4841: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 99-641 (Comm. on Education and Labor). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 132 (1986): 
June 17, considered and passed House. 
June 25, considered and passed Senate.