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PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1988

102 STAT. 4334

PUBLIC LAW 100-690—NOV. 18, 1988

writing that the program or project has been reviewed in accordance with this subpart. "(b) Each application or amendment made and submitted for approval to the Bureau pursuant to section 503 shall be deemed approved, in whole or in part, by the Bureau not later than 45 days after first received unless the Bureau informs the applicant of specific reasons for disapproval. "(c) Grant funds awarded under this subpart shall not be used for land acquisition or construction projects, other than penal and correctional institutions. "(d) The Bureau shall not finally disapprove any application, or any amendment thereto, submitted to the Director under this section without first affording the applicant reasonable notice and opportunity for reconsideration. "ALLOCATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS UNDER FORMULA GRANTS

42 USC 3756.

"SEC. 506. (a) Of the total amount appropriated for this part in any fiscal year, the amount remaining after setting aside the amount required to be reserved to carry out section 511 of this title shall be set aside for section 502 and allocated to States as follows: "(1) $500,000 shall be allocated to each of the participating States; and "(2) of the total funds remaining after the allocation under paragraph (1), there shall be allocated to each State an amount which bears the same ratio to the amount of remaining funds described in this paragraph as the population of such State bears to the population of all the States. "(b)(1) Each State which receives funds under subsection (a) of this section in a fiscal year shall distribute among units of local government, or combinations of units of local government, in such State for the purposes specified in section 501(b) that portion of such funds which bears the same ratio to the a g g r ^ a t e amount of such funds as the amount of funds expended by all units of local government for criminal justice in the preceding fiscal year bears to the aggregate amount of funds expended by the State and all units of local government in such State for criminal justice in such preceding fiscal year. "(2) In distributing funds received under this part among urban, rural, and suburban units of local government and combinations thereof, the State shall give priority to those jurisdictions with the greatest need. "(3) Any funds not distributed to units of local government under paragraph (2) shall be available for expenditure by the State involved. "(4) For purposes of determining the distribution of funds under paragraphs (1) and (2), the most accurate and complete data available for the fiscal year involved shall be used. If data for such fiscal year are not available, then the most accurate and complete data available for the most recent fiscal year preceding such fiscal year shall be used. "(c) No funds allocated to a State under subsection (a) or received by a State for distribution under subsections (b) and (c) may be distributed by the Director or by the State involved for any program other than a prc^ram contained in an approved application. "(d) If the Director determines, on the basis of information available during any fiscal year, that a portion of the funds allocated to a