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112 STAT. 1224 PUBLIC LAW 105-220—AUG. 7, 1998 with subsections (f) and (g) of section 723, centers that receive funding under section 723 in such State. The Commissioner shall select the centers and State units described in this paragraph for review on a random basis. " (2) QUALIFICATIONS OF EMPLOYEES CONDUCTING REVIEWS. —The Commissioner shall— "(A) to the maximum extent practicable, carry out such a review by using employees of the Department who are knowledgeable about the provision of independent living services; "(B) ensure that the employee of the Department with responsibility for supervising such a review shall have such knowledge; and "(C) ensure that at least one member of a team conducting such a review shall be an individual who— "(i) is not a government employee; and "(ii) has experience in the operation of centers for independent living. "(d) REPORTS. —The Commissioner shall include, in the annual report required under section 13, information on the extent to which centers for independent living receiving funds under part C have complied with the standards and assurances set forth in section 725. The Commissioner may identify individual centers for independent living in the analysis. The Commissioner shall report the results of onsite compliance reviews, identifying individu£d centers for independent living and other recipients of assistance under this chapter. "PART B—INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES 29 USC 796e. "SEC. 711. ALLOTMENTS. " (a) IN GENERAL. — " (1) STATES. — "(A) POPULATION BASIS.— Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C), from sums appropriated for each fiscal year to carry out this part, the Commissioner shall make an allotment to each State whose State plan has been approved under section 706 of an amount bearing the same ratio to such sums as the population of the State bears to the population of all States. " (B) MAINTENANCE OF 1992 AMOUNTS.— Subject to the availability of appropriations to carry out this part, the amount of any allotment made under subparagraph (A) to a State for a fiscal year shall not be less than the amount of an allotment made to the State for fiscal year 1992 under part A of this title, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1992. " (C) MiNiMUMS.— Subject to the availability of appropriations to carry out this part, and except as provided in subparagraph (B), the allotment to any State under subparagraph (A) shall be not less than $275,000 or Vz of 1 percent of the sums made available for the fiscal year for which the allotment is made, whichever is greater, and the allotment of any State under this section for any fiscal year that is less than $275,000 or Vs of 1 percent