Sec. 481. Program authorization
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Section 721 (29 U.S.C. 796f) is amended— in subsection (a)— by striking 1999 and inserting 2012 ; by striking Commissioner shall allot and inserting ILA Director shall make available ; and by inserting , centers for independent living, after States ; in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1)— by striking For and all that follows through Commissioner and inserting From the funds appropriated to carry out this part for any fiscal year, beginning with fiscal year 2012, the ILA Director ; by inserting not less than 1.8 percent and not more than 2 percent of the funds after reserve ; and by striking eligible agencies and all that follows and inserting centers for independent living and eligible agencies for such fiscal year. ; in paragraph (2)— by striking Commissioner and inserting ILA Director ; and by inserting fiscal management of, before planning, ; in paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), by striking Commissioner each place it appears and inserting ILA Director ; and in paragraph (3), by striking Statewide Independent Living Councils and ; by striking subsection
(c)and inserting the following: In this subsection: The term additional appropriation means the amount (if any) by which the appropriation for a fiscal year exceeds the total of— the amount reserved under subsection
(b)for that fiscal year; and the appropriation for fiscal year 2008. The term appropriation means the amount appropriated to carry out this part. The term base appropriation means the portion of the appropriation for a fiscal year that is equal to the lesser of— an amount equal to 100 percent of the appropriation, minus the amount reserved under subsection
(b)for that fiscal year; or the appropriation for fiscal year 2008. After the reservation required by subsection
(b)has been made, the ILA Director shall allot to each State whose State plan has been approved under section 706 an amount that bears the same ratio to the base appropriation as the amount the State received under this subsection for fiscal year 2008 bears to the total amount that all States received under this subsection for fiscal year 2008. From the portion of any additional appropriation for each fiscal year that remains after the application of paragraph (4), the ILA Director shall allot to each State whose State plan has been approved under section 706 an amount equal to the sum of— an amount that bears the same ratio to 50 percent of the portion as the population of the State bears to the population of all States; and 1/56 of 50 percent of that portion. The ILA Director may reserve not more than 5 percent of the additional appropriation for any fiscal year. The ILA Director shall use the reserved funds to make individual grants to support new or existing centers for independent living run by, or in conjunction with, the governing bodies of American Indian tribes located on Federal or State reservations (including consortia of such governing bodies). A governing body that receives such a grant shall use the grant funds for such a center that serves American Indians who are individuals with disabilities residing on or near such a reservation. To be eligible to receive a grant under this paragraph for an independent living center, a governing body, or a governing body in conjunction with a center for independent living, shall submit an application to the ILA Director at such time, in such manner and containing such information as the ILA Director may require, and obtain approval for the application. At a minimum, the application shall contain an assurance that the center— will meet the definition of a center for independent living under section 702; will provide independent living core services (as defined in section 7(17)) to American Indians described in subparagraph
(A)and, in appropriate cases, may provide to such American Indians services traditionally used by Indian tribes; will have sufficient staff to provide the services described in subclause (II); and will comply with the standards and provide and comply with the assurances for centers for independent living under section 725. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds provided through a grant made under subparagraph
(A)to an individual grant recipient for a fiscal year that are not obligated or expended by the recipient prior to the beginning of the succeeding fiscal year shall remain available for obligation and expenditure by such recipient during that succeeding fiscal year and the subsequent fiscal year. In this paragraph, the term reservation has the meaning given the term in section 121(d). ; in subsection (d), by striking Commissioner each place it appears and inserting ILA Director ; and by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding any other provision of law— any funds appropriated for a fiscal year to carry out a grant program under section 722 or 723, that are not obligated and expended by the recipients prior to the beginning of the succeeding fiscal year shall remain available for obligation and expenditure by such recipients during that succeeding fiscal year and the subsequent fiscal year; and any amounts of program income received by recipients under a grant program under section 722 or 723 in a fiscal year, that are not obligated and expended by the recipients prior to the beginning of the succeeding fiscal year, shall remain available for obligation and expenditure by such recipients during that succeeding fiscal year and the subsequent fiscal year. .
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