PUBLIC LAW 104-193—AUG. 22, 1996 110 STAT. 2119 "(ii) BONUS YEAR.— The term *bonus year' means fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. "(D) APPROPRIATION. —Out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated for fiscal years 1999 through 2002, such sums as are necessary for grants under tlus paragraph. " (3) SUPPLEMENTAL GRANT FOR POPULATION INCREASES IN CERTAIN STATES.— "(A) IN GENERAL. —Each qualifying State shall, subject to subparagraph (F), be entitled to receive from the Secretary— "(i) for fiscal year 1998 a grant in an amount equal to 2.5 percent of the total amount required to be paid to the State under former section 403 (as in effect during fiscal year 1994) for fiscal year 1994; and "(ii) for each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001, a grant in an amount equal to the sum of— "(I) the amount (if any) required to be paid to the State under this paragraph for the immediately preceding fiscal year; and "(II) 2.5 percent of the sum of— "(aa) the total amount required to be paid to the State under former section 403 (as in effect during fiscal year 1994) for fiscal year 1994; and "(bb) the amount (if any) required to be paid to the State under this paragraph for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the grant is to be made. "(B) PRESERVATION OF GRANT WITHOUT INCREASES FOR STATES FAILING TO REMAIN QUALIFYING STATES. —- Each State that is not a qualifying State for a fiscal year specified in subparagraph (A)(ii) but was a qualifying State for a prior fiscal year shall, subject to subparagraph (F), be entitled to receive from the Secretary for the specified fiscal year, a grant in an amount equal to the amount required to be paid to the State under this paragraph for the most recent fiscal year for which the State was a qualifying State. "(C) QUALIFYING STATE.— " (i) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this paragraph, a State is a qualifying State for a fiscal year if— "(I) the level of welfare spending per poor person by the State for the immediately preceding fiscal year is less than the national average level of State welfare spending per poor person for such preceding fiscal year; and "(II) the population growth rate of the State (as determined by the Bureau of the Census) for the most recent fiscal year for which information is available exceeds the average population growth rate for all States (as so determined) for such most recent fiscal year. "(ii) STATE MUST QUALIFY IN FISCAL YEAR 1997. — Notwithstanding clause (i), a State shall not be a qualifying State for any fiscal year after 1998 by reason
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