PUBLIC LAW 106-345—OCT. 20, 2000 114 STAT. 1325 all States and eligible areas as soon as is practicable but not later than the beginning of fiscal year 2007.". (c) INCREASES IN GRANT.— Section 2603(a)(4) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300ff-13(a)(4)) is amended to read as follows: "(4) INCREASES IN GRANT. — "(A) IN GENERAL. —For each fiscal year in a protection period for an eligible area, the Secretary shall increase the amount of the grant made pursuant to paragraph (2) for the area to ensure that— "(i) for the first fiscal year in the protection period, the grant is not less than 98 percent of the amount of the grant made for the eligible area pursuant to such paragraph for the base year for the protection period; "(ii) for any second fiscal year in such period, the grant is not less than 95 percent of the amount of such base year grant; "(iii) for any third fiscal year in such period, the grant is not less than 92 percent of the amount of the base year grant; "(iv) for any fourth fiscal year in such period, the grant is not less than 89 percent of the amount of ' the base year grant; and "(v) for any fifth or subsequent fiscal year in such period, if, pursuant to paragraph (3)(D)(ii), the ref- erences in paragraph (3)(C)(i) to HIV disease do not have any legal effect, the grant is not less than 85 percent of the amount of the base year grant. "(B) SPECIAL RULE. —I f for fiscal year 2005, pursuant to paragraph (3)(D)(ii), data on cases of HIV disease are used for purposes of paragraph (3)(C)(i), the Secretary shall increase the amount of a grant made pursuant to paragraph (2) for an eligible area to ensure that the grant is not less than 98 percent of the amount of the grant made for the area in fiscal year 2004. "(C) BASE YEAR; PROTECTION PERIOD. —With respect to grants made pursuant to paragraph (2) for an eligible area: "(i) The base year for a protection period is the fiscal year preceding the trigger grant-reduction year. "(ii) The first trigger grant-reduction year is the first fiscal year (after fiscal year 2000) for which the grant for the area is less than the grant for the area for the preceding fiscal year. "(iii) A protection period begins with the trigger grant-reduction year and continues until the beginning of the first fiscal year for which the amount of the grant determined pursuant to paragraph (2) for the area equals or exceeds the amount of the grant determined under subparagraph (A). "(iv) Any subsequent trigger grant-reduction year is the first fiscal year, after the end of the preceding protection period, for which the amount of the grant is less than the amount of the grant for the preceding fiscal year.".
�
