Sec. 602. Community Corps
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There are authorized to be appropriated and there are appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise obligated for necessary expenses to the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, to provide to States and units of general local government to establish and administer a Community Corps, $30,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 and 2015. Of the amount appropriated under subsection
(a)for each fiscal year, the Secretary may reserve— not more than 1 percent to administer this title; and not more than 0.5 percent to award grants, on a competitive basis, to Indian tribes for purposes of this title. Of the amounts appropriated under subsection
(a)and not reserved under paragraph
(1)of this subsection, the Secretary shall allot the amounts for each fiscal year as follows: Seventy percent to entitlement communities, of which the Secretary shall allot— 25 percent by allotting to each entitlement community an amount which bears the same ratio to the total amount to be allotted under this clause as the population of the entitlement community bears to the total population of all entitlement communities; 25 percent by allotting each entitlement community an amount which bears the same ratio to the total amount to be allotted under this clause as the extent of poverty in the entitlement community bears to the extent of poverty in all entitlement communities; and 50 percent by allotting to each entitlement community in an amount which bears the same ratio to the total to be allotted under this clause as the number of unemployed individuals in the entitlement community bears to the total number of unemployed individuals in all entitlement communities. Thirty percent to States, of which the Secretary shall allot— 25 percent by allotting to each State an amount which bears the same ratio to the total amount to be allotted under this clause as the population of the State bears to the total population of all States; 25 percent by allotting to each State an amount which bears the same ratio to the total amount to be allotted under this clause as the extent of poverty in the State bears to the extent of poverty in all States; and 50 percent by allotting to each State an amount which bears the same ratio to the total amount to be allotted under this clause as the number of unemployed individuals in the State bears to the total number of unemployed individuals in all States. Of the amount of funds allotted to a State under paragraph (2)(B) for each fiscal year, a State may reserve not more than 50 percent to carry out a State-wide Community Corps. A State shall provide all of the funds allotted to the State under paragraph (2)(B) that are not reserved under subparagraph
(A)to units of general local government located in nonentitlement areas of the State to employ individuals under the Community Corps program, of which the State shall allot— 25 percent to each such unit in an amount which bears the same ratio to the total amount made available under this clause as the population of the unit bears to the total population of all such units; 25 percent to each such unit in an amount which bears the same ratio to the total amount made available under this clause as the extent of poverty in the unit bears to the extent of poverty in such units; and 50 percent to each such unit in an amount which bears the same ratio to the total amount made available under this clause as the number of unemployed individuals in the unit bears to the total number of unemployed individuals in all such units. If a State or entitlement community does not apply for an allotment under this section for any fiscal year, or if a State’s or entitlement community’s application is not approved, the Secretary shall reallot such amount to the remaining States or entitlement in accordance with paragraph
(2).