116 STAT. 1672 PUBLIC LAW 107-252—OCT. 29, 2002 to the State under subsection (a)(3), the State shall pay to the Administrator an amount equal to the noncompliant precinct percentage of the amount of the funds provided to the State under the program. (2) NONCOMPLIANT PRECINCT PERCENTAGE DEFINED. —In this subsection, the term "noncompliant precinct percentage" means, with respect to a State, the amount (expressed as a percentage) equal to the quotient of— (A) the number of qualifying precincts within the State for which the State failed to meet the applicable deadline; and (B) the total number of qualifying precincts in the State. (e) PUNCH CARD VOTING SYSTEM DEFINED.— For purposes of this section, a "punch card voting system" includes any of the following voting systems: (l)C.E.S. (2)Datavote. (3) PBC Counter. (4)Pollstar. (5) Punch Card. (6) Vote Recorder. (7) Votomatic. 42 USC 15303. SEC. 103. GUARANTEED MINIMUM PAYMENT AMOUNT. (a) IN GENERAL.— In addition to any other payments made under this title, the Administrator shall make a payment to each State to which a payment is made under either section 101 or 102 and with respect to which the aggregate amount paid under such sections is less than $5,000,000 in an amount equal to the difference between the aggregate amount paid to the State under sections 101 and 102 and $5,000,000. In the case of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the United States Virgin Islands, the previous sentence shall be applied as if each reference to "$5,000,000" were a reference to "$1,000,000". (b) PRO RATA REDUCTIONS. —The Administrator shall make such pro rata reductions to the amounts described in sections 101(d) and 102(c) as are necessary to comply with the requirements of subsection (a). 42 USC 15304. SEC. 104. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. (a) IN GENERAL. —There are authorized to be appropriated for payments under this title $650,000,000, of which— (1) 50 percent shall be for payments under section 101; and (2) 50 percent shall be for payments under section 102. (b) CONTINUING AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS AFTER APPROPRIA- TION.—Any payment made to a State under this title shall be available to the State without fiscal year limitation (subject to subsection (c)(2)(B)). (c) USE OF RETURNED FUNDS AND FUNDS REMAINING UNEX- PENDED FOR REQUIREMENTS PAYMENTS.— (1) IN GENERAL.— The amounts described in paragraph (2) shall be transferred to the Election Assistance Commission (established under title II) and used by the Commission to make requirements payments under part 1 of subtitle D of title II.
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