42 U.S.C. § 300ff–20 — Authorization of appropriations

(a) In general. For running this part, Congress may spend: $604,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; $626,300,000 for 2008; $649,500,000 for 2009; $681,975,000 for 2010; $716,074,000 for 2011; $751,877,000 for 2012; and $789,471,000 for 2013. Money appropriated for a fiscal year stays available for the Secretary to spend through the end of the second following fiscal year. (b) Reservation of amounts. (1) For fiscal year 2007, the Secretary must set aside $458,310,000 for subpart I grants (to eligible areas) and $145,690,000 for section 300ff–19 grants (to transitional areas). (2) For fiscal year 2008 and each year after, the Secretary must set aside some amount for subpart I grants and some amount for transitional-area grants. (c) Transfer of certain amounts; change in status as eligible area or transitional area. Despite subsection (b): (1) If a metropolitan area is an eligible area under subpart I one year but loses that status the next year (because of section 300ff–11(b)): (A)(i) the amount set aside for eligible areas that first "lost eligibility" year is reduced by the amount of that area's prior-year grant under section 300ff–13(a). (ii) If the area instead now qualifies as a transitional area, that same reduced amount is added to the transitional-area set-aside. If it doesn't qualify as a transitional area either, that amount instead gets transferred to fund grants under section 300ff–28(a)(1), on top of the money already available there under section 300ff–31b. (B) If that second kind of transfer happens, then: (i) the eligible-area set-aside for that year is cut by an extra $500,000, and (ii) that extra $500,000 also gets transferred to section 300ff–28(a)(1) grants. (2) If a metropolitan area is a transitional area one year but loses that status the next (under section 300ff–19(c)(2)) and doesn't qualify as an eligible area either: (A) the transitional-area set-aside for that first "lost status" year is cut by the total of: (i) the area's prior-year transitional grant amount, plus (ii) $500,000. (B)(i) Subject to (ii), that reduction amount is transferred to fund section 300ff–28(a)(1) grants, on top of section 300ff–31b money. (ii) But for fiscal years 2010 through 2013: (I) the state containing that metropolitan area gets a phased-out transfer for purposes under section 300ff–22(a) -- 75 percent of the area's prior transitional grant amount in the first year of losing status, 50 percent in the second year, and 25 percent in the third year (this amount doesn't count against the cap in section 300ff–28(a)(2)(H)); and (II) the rest of the reduction -- the total reduction minus what went to the state -- is transferred to section 300ff–28(a)(1) grants for that year. (3) If a metropolitan area is a transitional area one year but becomes an eligible area under subpart I the next: (A) the transitional-area set-aside for that first "became eligible" year is cut by the area's prior-year transitional grant amount. (B) The eligible-area set-aside for that year is increased by that same amount. (d) Certain transfers; allocations between programs under subpart I. For the reductions described in (c)(1)(B)(i) and (c)(2)(A)(ii), the Secretary must: (1) take the reductions from the combined single program described in section 300ff–19(d)(2)(C) (the supplemental-grants program); (2) make the reductions before using that money under section 300ff–13(a)(4); and (3) if there isn't enough money to cover every required reduction, scale all the reductions down proportionally so their total matches what's actually available. (e) Rules of construction regarding first subsequent fiscal year. Subsection (c)'s paragraphs (1) and (2) apply separately each time a metropolitan area cycles from being an eligible or transitional area into losing that status (under section 300ff–11(b) or 300ff–19(c)(2)) -- not just once for an area's whole history. Paragraph (3) applies the same way, separately, each time an area moves from transitional status to becoming an eligible area.