PUBLIC LAW 105-178^JUNE 9, 1998 112 STAT. 239 "(B) submit the plan to the Secretary not later than March 1 of the fiscal year. "(3) PLAN SELECTION.— "(A) CRITERIA. — Not later than December 1, 1998, the Secretary shall establish criteria for the selection of State plans for allocations under this subsection. "(B) SELECTION. — The Secretary shall select State plans for allocations under this subsection in accordance with the criteria established under subparagraph (A). "(C) STATES.— In carrying out this paragraph, the Secretary shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, demographic and geographic diversity and a diversity of seat belt use rates among the States selected for allocations. "(4) ALLOCATION. —Not later than October 1, 1999, and each October 1 thereafter through October 1, 2002, the Secretary shall allocate funds to the States whose plans were selected under paragraph (3). "(5) AMOUNT OF ALLOCATIONS. — Subject to the availability of unallocated amounts under subsection (g)(3), the amount of each allocation to a State under this subsection shall be not less than $100,000 for each fiscal year that is covered by a State plan. "(6) USE OF ALLOCATIONS.—An allocation to a State under this subsection shall be used to carry out the innovative seat belt projects described in the State plan for which the allocation is awarded. "(7) FEDERAL SHARE.— The Federal share of the cost of an innovative seat belt project under this section shall be 100 percent. "(8) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.— Amounts allocated to a State under this subsection shall remain available for obligation in the State for a period of 3 years after the last day of the fiscal year for which the amounts are allocated. " (g) FUNDING.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— There is authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out this section $82,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, $92,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, $102,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, $112,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $112,000,000 for fiscal year 2003. "(2) PROPORTIONATE ADJUSTMENT.— If the total amounts to be allocated under subsection (c) for any fiscal year would exceed the amounts authorized for the fiscal year under paragraph (1), the allocation to each State under subsection (c) shall be reduced proportionately. "(3) USE OF UNALLOCATED FUNDS.— "(A) FISCAL YEAR 1999. —TO the extent that the amounts made available for fiscal year 1999 under paragraph (1) exceed the total amounts to be allocated under subsection (c) for fiscal year 1999, the excess amounts— "(i) shall be apportioned in accordance with section 104(b)(3); "(ii) shall be considered to be sums made available for expenditure on the surface transportation program, except that the amounts shall not be subject to section 133(d); and
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