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PUBLIC LAW 103-322—SEPT. 13, 1994 108 STAT. 1817 (1) FORMULA ALLOCATION.— The amount available to carry out this section for any fiscal year under subsection (a) shall be allocated to each eligible State in the ratio that the number of part 1 violent crimes reported by such State to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 1993 bears to the number of part 1 violent crimes reported by all States to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 1993. (2) TRANSFER OF UNUSED FUNDS. —On September 30 of each of fiscal years 1996, 1998, 1999, and 2000, the Attorney General shall transfer to the funds to be allocated under section 20103(b)(1) any funds made available to carry out this section that are not allocated to an eligible State under paragraph (1). SEC. 20103. VIOLENT OFFENDER INCARCERATION GRANTS. 42 USC 13703. (a) VIOLENT OFFENDER INCARCERATION GRANT PROGRAM. —Fifty percent of the total amount of funds appropriated to carry out this subtitle for each of fiscal years 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000 shall be made available for Violent Offender Incarceration Grants. To be eligible to receive such a grant, a State or States must meet the requirements of section 20101(b). (b) ALLOCATION OF VIOLENT OFFENDER INCARCERATION FUNDS. — (1) FORMULA ALLOCATION. —Eighty-five percent of the sum of the amount available for Violent Offender Incarceration Grants for any fiscal year under subsection (a) and any amount transferred under section 20102(b)(2) for that fiscal year shall be allocated as follows: (A) 0.25 percent shall be allocated to each eligible State except that the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands each shall be allocated 0.05 percent. (B) The amount remaining after application of subparagraph (A) shall be allocated to each eligible State in the ratio that the number of part 1 violent crimes reported by such State to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 1993 bears to the number of part 1 violent crimes reported by all States to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 1993. (2) DISCRETIONARY ALLOCATION. —Fi fteen percent of the sum of the amount available for Violent Offender Incarceration Grants for any fiscal year under subsection (a) and any amount transferred under section 20103(b)(3) for that fiscal year shall be allocated at the discretion of the Attorney General to States that have demonstrated the greatest need for such grants and the ability to best utilize the funds to meet the objectives of the grant program and ensure that prison cell space is available for the confinement of violent offenders. (3) TRANSFER OF UNUSED FORMULA FUNDS.— On September 30 of each of fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000, the Attorney General shall transfer to the discretionary program under paragraph (2) any funds made available for allocation under paragraph (1) that are not allocated to an eligible State under paragraph (1). 79-:94 O—95—3: QL 3 Part 3