(1) Population In carrying out the program described in section
3058 of this title, the Assistant Secretary shall initially allot to each State, from the funds appropriated under section
3058a of this title for each fiscal year, an amount that bears the same ratio to the funds as the population of older individuals in the State bears to the population of older individuals in all States.
(2) Minimum allotments
(A) In general
After making the initial allotments described in paragraph (1), the Assistant Secretary shall adjust the allotments on a pro rata basis in accordance with subparagraphs (B) and (C).
(B) General minimum allotments
(i) Minimum allotment for States No State shall be allotted less than one-half of 1 percent of the funds appropriated under section
3058a of this title for the fiscal year for which the determination is made.
(ii) Minimum allotment for territories Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, shall each be allotted not less than one-fourth of 1 percent of the funds appropriated under section
3058a of this title for the fiscal year for which the determination is made. American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall each be allotted not less than one-sixteenth of 1 percent of the sum appropriated under section
3058a of this title for the fiscal year for which the determination is made.
(C) Minimum allotments for ombudsman and elder abuse programs
(i) Ombudsman program No State shall be allotted for a fiscal year, from the funds appropriated under section
3058a of this title and made available to carry out subpart II of this part, less than the amount allotted to the State under section
3024 of this title in fiscal year 2000 to carry out the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman program under subchapter III of this chapter.
(ii) Elder abuse programs No State shall be allotted for a fiscal year, from the funds appropriated under section
3058a of this title and made available to carry out subpart III of this part, less than the amount allotted to the State under section
3024 of this title in fiscal year 2000 to carry out programs with respect to the prevention of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation under subchapter III of this chapter.
(D) “State” defined
For the purposes of this paragraph, the term State does not include Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
