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Code · U.S. Code · Title 52 - VOTING AND ELECTIONS · CHAPTER 209— ELECTION ADMINISTRATION IMPROVEMENT · SUBCHAPTER II— COMMISSION · § 21002

§ 21002. Allocation of funds

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(a)In general Subject to subsection (c), the amount of a requirements payment made to a State for a year shall be equal to the product of—
(1)the total amount appropriated for requirements payments for the year pursuant to the authorization under section 21007 of this title; and
(2)the State allocation percentage for the State (as determined under subsection (b)).
(b)State allocation percentage defined The “State allocation percentage” for a State is the amount (expressed as a percentage) equal to the quotient of—
(1)the voting age population of the State (as reported in the most recent decennial census); and
(2)the total voting age population of all States (as reported in the most recent decennial census).
(c)Minimum amount of payment The amount of a requirements payment made to a State for a year may not be less than—
(1)in the case of any of the several States or the District of Columbia, one-half of 1 percent of the total amount appropriated for requirements payments for the year under section 21007 of this title; or
(2)in the case of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, or the United States Virgin Islands, one-tenth of 1 percent of such total amount.
(d)Pro rata reductions The Administrator 1 shall make such pro rata reductions to the allocations determined under subsection
(a)as are necessary to comply with the requirements of subsection (c).
(e)Continuing availability of funds after appropriation A requirements payment made to a State under this subpart shall be available to the State without fiscal year limitation.
(Pub. L. 107–252, title II, § 252, Oct. 29, 2002, 116 Stat. 1693.)
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