Sec. 3. Child care supply improvement program
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The Secretary shall establish a program to award to States, Indian Tribes, and Tribal organizations— grants for child care facilities in accordance with section 4; and grants for the purpose of carrying out the activities described in section 5. A State, Indian Tribe, or Tribal organization seeking a grant under this Act shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may reasonably require. Each State, Indian Tribe, or Tribal organization that submits an application meeting the requirements of the Secretary under subsection
(b)shall be entitled to a grant in an amount that is determined in accordance with the reservations and allotments under this subsection. The Secretary shall reserve not to exceed one-half of 1 percent of the amount appropriated under section 8 in each fiscal year for payments to Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands of the United States, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to be allotted in accordance with their respective needs. The Secretary shall reserve not less than 4 percent of the amount appropriated under section 8 in each fiscal year for grants to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations that submit an application meeting the requirements of the Secretary under subsection (b). From the amount appropriated under section 8 for each fiscal year that is remaining after the reservations under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall allot to each State an amount equal to the sum of— an amount that bears the same ratio to 50 percent of such remainder as the product of the young child factor of the State and the allotment percentage of the State bears to the sum of the corresponding products for all States; and an amount that bears the same ratio to 50 percent of such remainder as the product of the school lunch factor of the State and the allotment percentage of the State bears to the sum of the corresponding products for all States.