Section 2306 · Allocation

Except as provided in paragraph (2), financial assistance to States under section 2303(b) of this title shall be allotted based on the ratio of the adult population of the State to the total adult population of the United States.

No State shall receive an allotment for any fiscal year described in section 2303(b) of this title that is less than 0.5 percent of the total funds appropriated for such fiscal year.

(A) All allotments and allocations under this chapter shall be based on the latest available data and estimates satisfactory to the Secretary.

(B) Whenever the Secretary allots and allocates funds required to be allotted or allocated by formula or otherwise under this chapter, the Secretary shall publish in a timely fashion in the Federal Register the proposed amount to be distributed to each recipient.

(C) All funds required to be distributed by formula under this chapter shall be allotted within 45 days after the enactment of the appropriations therefor.

(D) All funds required to be distributed through competitive grants under section 2304 of this title shall be allotted within 30 days after the completion of the competition and the approval of grants.

Except as provided in paragraph (2), a State is entitled to receive its full allocation of funds under section 2303(b) of this title for any fiscal year if the Secretary finds that the aggregate expenditures of public funds within the State with respect to the provision of services for displaced homemakers for the preceding fiscal year was not less than 90 percent of such aggregate expenditures of public funds for the fiscal year preceding the first fiscal year for which an allocation of funds is made under section 2303(b) of this title.

The Secretary shall reduce the amount of the allocation of funds under section 2303(b) of this title in any fiscal year in the exact proportion to which the State fails to meet the requirements of paragraph (1) by falling below 90 percent of the aggregate expenditures of public funds.

The Secretary may waive, for any fiscal year, the requirements of this subsection if the Secretary determines that such a waiver would be equitable due to exceptional or uncontrollable circumstances such as a natural disaster or a precipitous and unforeseen decline in the financial resources of the State.