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106 STAT. 1064 PUBLIC LAW 102-367 —SEPT. 7, 1992 Education. "PART C—^YOUTH TRAINING PROGRAM 29 USC 1641. "SEC. 261. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. "It is the purpose of the programs assisted under this part to improve the long-term employability of youth, enhance the educational, occupational, and citizenship skills of youth, encourage school completion or enrollment in alternative school programs, increase the employment and earnings of youth, reduce welfare dependency, and assist youth in addressing problems that impair the ability of youth to make successful transitions from school to work, apprenticeship, the military, or postsecondary education and training.". SEC. 207. YOUTH TRAINING PROGRAM ALLOTMENT AND ALLOCATION. Title II of the Act (as amended by the preceding sections) is further amended by adding at the end the following: 29 USC 1642. "SEC. 262. ALLOTMENT AND ALLOCATION. "(a) ALLOTMENT.— "(1) TERRITORIES.—Of the amount appropriated under section 3(a)(i) for each fiscal year and available to carry out this part, not more than one-quarter of 1 percent shall be allotted among Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islarids, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Palau. "(2) STATE RESERVATION.— After determining the amounts to be allotted under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall allot 82 percent of the remainder to the States for allocation to service delivery areas within each State. Each State shall allocate to each service delivery area within the State the amount determined by the Secretary for such service delivery area pursuant to the formula contained in subsection (b). The remaining 18 percent shall be allotted in accordance with subsection (c). "(b) ALLOCATION TO SERVICE DELIVERY AREAS. — "(1) FORMULA. —Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2), of the amounts allocated to service delivery areas for this part for each fiscal year— "(A) 33 Va percent shall be allocated on the basis of the relative number of unemployed individuals residing in areas of substantial unemployment within each service delivery area as compared to the total number of such unemployed individuals in all such areas of substantial unemployment in all service delivery areas in all States; "(B) 33Va percent shall be allocated on the basis of the relative excess number of unemployed individuals within each service delivery area as compared to the total excess number of unemployed individuals in all service delivery areas in all States; and "(C) 33 Vs percent shall be allocated on the basis of the relative number of economically disadvantaged youth within each service delivery area as compared to the total number of economically disadvantaged youth in all service delivery areas in all States except that, for any service delivery area described in section 101(a)(4)(A)(iii), the allocation shall be based on the higher of the number