US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

29 U.S.C. § 706

Allotment percentage

(a)
(1)
section 730 of this title For purposes of , the allotment percentage for any State shall be 100 per centum less that percentage which bears the same ratio to 50 per centum as the per capita income of such State bears to the per capita income of the United States, except that—
(A)
the allotment percentage shall in no case be more than 75 per centum or less than 33⅓ per centum; and
(B)
the allotment percentage for the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall be 75 per centum.
(2)
The allotment percentages shall be promulgated by the Secretary of Education between October 1 and December 31 of each even-numbered year, on the basis of the average of the per capita incomes of the States and of the United States for the three most recent consecutive years for which satisfactory data are available from the Department of Commerce. Such promulgation shall be conclusive for each of the 2 fiscal years in the period beginning on the October 1 next succeeding such promulgation.
(3)
The term “United States” means (but only for purposes of this subsection) the 50 States and the District of Columbia.
(b)
The population of the several States and of the United States shall be determined on the basis of the most recent data available, to be furnished by the Department of Commerce by October 1 of the year preceding the fiscal year for which funds are appropriated pursuant to statutory authorizations.

Pub. L. 93–112, § 8Pub. L. 105–220, title IV, § 403112 Stat. 1110Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(f) [title VIII, § 402(a)(1)]112 Stat. 2681–337Pub. L. 113–128, title IV, § 405(a)128 Stat. 1637(, formerly § 7, as added , , ; renumbered § 8, , , , 2681–412; amended , , .)

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

section 707 of this titlePub. L. 105–220Provisions similar to this section were contained in prior to repeal by .

Pub. L. 93–112, § 787 Stat. 359Pub. L. 93–516, title I, § 111(a)88 Stat. 1619Pub. L. 93–651, title I, § 111(a)89 Stat. 2–5Pub. L. 95–602, title I, § 122(a)(4)92 Stat. 2984Pub. L. 98–221, title I, § 10198 Stat. 17Pub. L. 99–506, title I, § 103(a)100 Stat. 1809–1811Pub. L. 99–514, § 2100 Stat. 2095Pub. L. 100–259, § 9102 Stat. 31Pub. L. 100–630, title II, § 201(c)102 Stat. 3303Pub. L. 101–336, title V, § 513104 Stat. 376Pub. L. 110–325, § 6(a)(2)122 Stat. 3558Pub. L. 102–569, title I, § 102(a)106 Stat. 4347–4350Pub. L. 103–73, title I107 Stat. 718Pub. L. 103–218, title IV, § 404108 Stat. 97Pub. L. 105–220, title IV, § 403112 Stat. 1093section 705 of this titleA prior section 706, , , ; , , ; , , ; –(8), , , 2985; , , ; , (b), (c)(1), (d)(1), (2)(A), (C), (e)–(h)(1), (i), (j), title X, §§ 1001(a)(3), 1002(a), , , 1841, 1844; , , ; , , ; , , ; , formerly § 512, , , renumbered § 513, , , ; –(n), (p)(3), , , 4356; , §§ 102(1), 103, , ; , , , defined terms for purposes of this chapter, prior to repeal by , , . See .

section 8 of Pub. L. 93–112section 707 of this titleA prior was renumbered section 10 and is classified to .

section 8 of Pub. L. 93–112section 707 of this titlePub. L. 105–220Another prior was classified to prior to repeal by .

Amendments

Pub. L. 113–1282014—Subsec. (a)(2). inserted “of Education” after “Secretary”.