Sec. 20106. FORMULA FOR GRANTS
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## SEC. 20106 FORMULA FOR GRANTS **[**[34 U.S.C. 12106](/us/usc/t34/s12106)**]** ###
(a)Allocation of Violent Offender Incarceration Grants Under Section 20103 ####
(1)Formula allocation 85 percent of the amount available for grants under section 20103 for any fiscal year shall be allocated as follows (except that a State may not receive more than 9 percent of the total amount of funds made available under this paragraph): #####
(A)0.75 percent shall be allocated to each State that meets the requirements of section 20103(a), except that the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, if eligible under section 20103(a), shall each be allocated 0.05 percent. #####
(B)The amount remaining after application of subparagraph
(A)shall be allocated to each State that meets the requirements of section 20103(b), in the ratio that the number of part 1 violent crimes reported by such State to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the 3 years preceding the year in which the determination is made, bears to the average annual number of part 1 violent crimes reported by all States that meet the requirements of section 20103(b) to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the 3 years preceding the year in which the determination is made. ####
(2)Additional allocation 15 percent of the amount available for grants under section 20103 for any fiscal year shall be allocated to each State that meets the requirements of section 20103(c) as follows: #####
(A)3.0 percent shall be allocated to each State that meets the requirements of section 20103(c), except that the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, if eligible under such subsection, shall each be allocated 0.03 percent. #####
(B)The amount remaining after application of subparagraph
(A)shall be allocated to each State that meets the requirements of section 20103(c), in the ratio that the number of part 1 violent crimes reported by such State to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the 3 years preceding the year in which the determination is made, bears to the average annual number of part 1 violent crimes reported by all States that meet the requirements of section 20102(c) to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the 3 years preceding the year in which the determination is made. ###
(b)Allocation of Truth-in-Sentencing Grants Under Section 20104 The amounts available for grants for section 20104 shall be allocated to each State that meets the requirements of section 20104 in the ratio that the average annual number of part 1 violent crimes reported by such State to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the 3 years preceding the year in which the determination is made bears to the average annual number of part 1 violent crimes reported by States that meet the requirements of section 20104 to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the 3 years preceding the year in which the determination is made, except that a State may not receive more than 25 percent of the total amount available for such grants. ###
(c)Unavailable Data If data regarding part 1 violent crimes in any State is substantially inaccurate or is unavailable for the 3 years preceding the year in which the determination is made, the Attorney General shall utilize the best available comparable data regarding the number of violent crimes for the previous year for the State for the purposes of allocation of funds under this subtitle. ###
(d)Regional Compacts In determining the amount of funds that States organized as a regional compact may receive, the Attorney General shall first apply the formula in either subsection
(a)or
(b)and
(c)of this section to each member State of the compact. The States organized as a regional compact may receive the sum of the amounts so determined.
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