113 STAT. 1826 PUBLIC LAW 106-169—DEC. 14, 1999 Deadline. "(H) A certification by the chief executive officer of the State that the State will ensure that adolescents participating in the program under this section participate directly in designing their own program activities that prepare them for independent living and that the adolescents accept personal responsibility for living up to their part of the program. "(I) A certification by the chief executive officer of the State that the State has established and will enforce standards and procedures to prevent fraud and abuse in the programs carried out under the plan. " (4) APPROVAL.—The Secretary shall approve an application submitted by a State pursuant to paragraph (1) for a period if— "(A) the application is submitted on or before June 30 of the calendar year in which such period begins; and "(B) the Secretary finds that the application contains the material required by paragraph (1). " (5) AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT CERTAIN AMENDMENTS; NOTIFICATION. —A State with an application approved under paragraph (4) may implement any amendment to the plan contained in the application if the application, incorporating the amendment, would be approvable under paragraph (4). Within 30 days after a State implements any such amendment, the State shall notify the Secretary of the amendment. "(6) AVAILABILITY. — The State shall make available to the public any application submitted by the State pursuant to paragraph (1), and a brief summary of the plan contained in the application. "(c) ALLOTMENTS TO STATES.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— From the amount specified in subsection (h) that remains after applying subsection (g)(2) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot to each State with an application approved under subsection (b) for the fiscal year the amount which bears the same ratio to such remaining amount as the number of children in foster care under a program of the State in the most recent fiscal year for which such information is available bears to the total number of children in foster care in all States for such most recent fiscal year, as adjusted in accordance with paragraph (2). " (2) HOLD HARMLESS PROVISION.— "(A) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary shall allot to each State whose allotment for a fiscal year under paragraph (1) is less than the greater of $500,000 or the amount payable to the State under this section for fiscal year 1998, an additional amount equal to the difference between such allotment and such greater amount. "(B) RATABLE REDUCTION OF CERTAIN ALLOTMENTS. — In the case of a State not described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall reduce the amount allotted to the State for the fiscal year under paragraph (1) by the amount that bears the same ratio to the sum of the differences determined under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph for the fiscal year as the excess of the amount so allotted over the greater of $500,000 or the amount payable to the State under
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