Allotments and payments to States

Section 675B of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9906) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking except— and inserting except as provided in subsection (b)., and (B) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2), (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows: (b) Minimum allotments (1) In general No State shall receive less than ½ of 1 percent of the amount appropriated under section 674(a) for a fiscal year that remains after the Secretary makes the reservations required by section 674(b). (2) Years with greater available funds Notwithstanding paragraph (1), if the amount appropriated under section 674(a) for a fiscal year that remains after the Secretary makes the reservations required in section 674(b) exceeds $900,000,000, no State shall receive under this section less than ¾ of 1 percent of the remaining amount., and (3) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:: (c) Grants and payments Subject to section 677, the Secretary shall make grants to eligible States for the allotments described in subsections (a) and (b). The Secretary shall make payments for the grants in accordance with section 6503(a) of title 31, United States Code. The Secretary shall allocate the amounts allotted under subsections (a) and (b) on a quarterly basis at a minimum, notify the States of their respective allocations, and make each State’s first allocation amount in a fiscal year available for expenditure by the State no later than 30 days after receipt of an approved apportionment from the Office of Management and Budget and, for subsequent allocation amounts in the fiscal year, not later than 30 days after the start of the period for which the Secretary is allocating the funds..