PUBLIC LAW 98-8 —MAR. 24, 1983 97 STAT. 31 (A) One-third of such sums for each such program shall be allotted among the States on the basis of the relative number of unemployed individuals who reside in each State as compared to the total number of unemployed individuals in all of the States. (B) One-sixth of such sums for each program shall be allotted among "long-term unemployment States", to be allotted among "long-term unemployment States" on the basis of the relative number of unemployed individuals who reside in each "long- term unemployment State" as compared to the total number of unemployed individuals in all "long-term unemployment States". (C) One-half of such sums for each such program shall be allocated among the States on the basis of the provisions of law authorizing each such program. (2) States receiving allotment of funds under this subsection shall to the extent practicable utilize such funds in areas of the State where unemplo5ment is highest and has been high for the longest period of time and for authorized purposes which have the greatest immediate employment impact. (3) For purposes of this subsection: (A) The term "State" means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. (B) The number of unemployed individuals who reside in each State, as well as the total number of unemployed individuals in all of the States, shall be determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor for the month of January 1983. (C) The term "long-term unemployment State" means any State in which the average unadjusted unemployment rate was equal to or above the unemployment rate of 9.4 percent for the period of June 1982, through November 1982. (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject to the provisions of subsection (b)(5), the head of each Federal agency to which funds are appropriated or otherwise made available under this title, with respect to any program distributed according to a formula grant to political subdivisions of the States, shall allot the funds or other authority provided by this title first, among the States in the manner specified in section (b)(l) and second, among the political subdivisions of that State, to the extent practicable under subsection (b)(2), in accordance with the allocation factors contained in the provision of law authorizing each such program. (5) The provisions of subsection (b)(1) or (b)(4), as the case may be, of this subsection shall apply to funds appropriated, or otherwise made available, under this title to— Community Development Grants; Social Services Block Grants; Community Services Block Grant; Library Services and Construction Act; Rebuilding Aviation Infrastructure. (c) The head of each Federal agency to which funds are appropri- ated or otherwise made available under this title, or States, or political subdivisions of States, which receive allotment of funds under this title shall to the extent practicable utilize such funds in a manner which maximizes immediate creation of new employment opportuni- ties to individuals who were unemployed at least fifteen of the twenty-six weeks immediately preceding the date of enactment of Definitions.
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