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PUBLIC LAW 97-000—MMMM. DD, 1981

95 STAT. 512

42 USC 2790.

PUBLIC LAW 97-35--AUG. 13, 1981 (1) The term "eligible entity" means any organization which was officially designated as a community action agency or a conmiunity action program under the provisions of section 210 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 forfiscalyear 1981, unless such community action agency or a conmiunity action program lost its designation under section 210 of such Act as a result of a failure to comply with the provisions of such Act. (2) The term "poverty line" means the official poverty line established by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. The Secretary shall revise the poverty line annually (or at any shorter interval the Secretary deems feasible and desirable) which shall be used as a criterion of eligibility in community service block grant programs. The required revision shall be accomplished by multiplying the official poverty line by the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index during the annual or other interval immediately preceding the time at which the revision is made. (3) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. (4) The term "State" means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. STATE ALLOCATIONS

42 USC 9903.

42 USC 2808.

SEC. 674. (a)(1) The Secretary shallfi*omthe amount appropriated under section 672 for each fiscal year which remains after— (A) the Secretary makes the apportionment required in subsection (b)(D; and (B) the Secretary determines the amount necessary for the purposes of section 681(b); allot to each State an amount which bears the same ratio to such remaining amount as the amount received by the State for fiscal year 1981 under section 221 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 bore to the total amount received by all States for fiscal year 1981 under such part, except that no State shall receive less than one quarter of 1 percent of the amount appropriated under section 672 for such fiscal year. (2) For purposes of this subsection, the term "State" does not include Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. (b)(1) The Secretary shall apportion one-half of 1 percent of the amount appropriated under section 672 for each fiscal year on the basis of need among Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. (2) Each jurisdiction to which paragraph (1) applies may receive grants under this subtitle upon an application submitted to the Secretary containing provisions which describe the programs for which assistance is sought under this subtitle, and which are consistent with the requirements of section 675. (c)(1) If, with respect to any State, the Secretary— (A) receives a request from the governing body of an Indian tribe or tribal organization within the State that assistance under this subtitle be made directly to such tribe or organization; and