110 STAT. 3009 -297 PUBLIC LAW 104-208—SEPT. 30, 1996
"(1) IN GENERAL. —There are authorized to be appropriated
$150,000,000 for fiscal year 1997 and such sums as may be
necessary for each of the fiscal years 1998 through 2002 to
carry out this subtitle.
"(2) TRANSFER.— The Secretary of Education shall—
"(A) transfer promptly to the Director any funds appropriated under the authority of paragraph (1), to enable
the Director to carry out this subtitle; and
"(B) not exercise any authority concerning the administration of this title other than the transfer described in
subparagraph (A).
"(b) FORWARD FUNDING. —
"(1) IN GENERAL.—To the end of affording the responsible
Federal, State, and local officers adequate notice of available
Federal financial assistance for carrying out ongoing library
activities and projects, appropriations for grants, contracts, or
other payments under any program under this subtitle are
authorized to be included in the appropriations Act for the
fiscal year preceding the fiscal year during which such activities
and projects shall be carried out.
"(2) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— In
order to effect a transition to the timing of appropriation action
authorized by subsection (a), the application of this section
may result in the enactment, in a fiscal year, of separate
appropriations for a program under this subtitle (whether in
the same appropriations Act or otherwise) for two consecutive
fiscal years.
"(c) ADMINISTRATION.—Not more than 3 percent of the funds
appropriated under this section for a fiscal year may be used
to pay for the Federal administrative costs of carrying out this
subtitle.
" CHAPTER 1—BASIC PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
20 USC 9131.
"SEC. 221. RESERVATIONS AND ALLOTMENTS.
" (a) RESERVATIONS.—
"(1) IN GENERAL. —From the amount appropriated under
the authority of section 214 for any fiscal year, the Director—
"(A) shall reserve 1^2 percent to award grants in
accordance with section 261; and
"(B) shall reserve 4 percent to award national leadership grants or contracts in accordance with section 262.
"(2) SPECIAL RULE. —I f the funds reserved pursuant to paragraph (1)(B) for a fiscal year have not been obligated by the
end of such fiscal year, then such funds shall be allotted in
accordance with subsection (b) for the fiscal year succeeding
the fiscal year for which the funds were so reserved.
"(b) ALLOTMENTS.—
"(1) IN GENERAL.— From the sums appropriated under the
authority of section 214 and not reserved under subsection
(a) for any fiscal year, the Director shall award grants from
minimum allotments, as determined under paragraph (3), to
each State. Any sums remaining after minimum allotments
are made for such year shall be allotted in the manner set
forth in paragraph (2).
"(2) REMAINDER.— From the remainder of any sums appropriated under the authority of section 214 that are not reserved
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