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42 U.S. Code § 1308. Additional grants to Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa; limitation on total payments
(a) Limitation on total payments to each territory
(1) In general
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter (except for paragraph (2) of this subsection), the total amount certified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under subchapters I, X, XIV, and XVI, under parts A and E of subchapter IV, and under subsection (b) of this section, for payment to any territory for a fiscal year shall not exceed the ceiling amount for the territory for the fiscal year.
(2) Certain payments disregarded
Paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be applied without regard to any payment made under section 603(a)(2), 603(a)(4), 603(a)(5), 606, 613(f), or 674(a)(6) of this title.
(b) Entitlement to matching grant
(1) In generalEach territory shall be entitled to receive from the Secretary for each fiscal year a grant in an amount equal to 75 percent of the amount (if any) by which—
(A)
the total expenditures of the territory during the fiscal year under the territory programs funded under parts A and E of subchapter IV, including any amount paid to the State under part A of subchapter IV that is transferred in accordance with section 604(d) of this title and expended under the program to which transferred; exceeds
(B) the sum of—
(i)
the amount of the family assistance grant payable to the territory without regard to section 609 of this title; and
(ii)
the total amount expended by the territory during fiscal year 1995 pursuant to parts A and F of subchapter IV (as so in effect), other than for child care.
(2) Appropriation
Out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated for each of fiscal years 2017 and 2018, such sums as are necessary for grants under this paragraph.
(c) DefinitionsAs used in this section:
(1) Territory
The term “territory” means Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa.
(2) Ceiling amount
The term “ceiling amount” means, with respect to a territory and a fiscal year, the mandatory ceiling amount with respect to the territory, reduced for the fiscal year in accordance with subsection (e),[1] and reduced by the amount of any penalty imposed on the territory under any provision of law specified in subsection (a) during the fiscal year.
(3) Family assistance grant
The term “family assistance grant” has the meaning given such term by section 603(a)(1)(B) of this title.
(4) Mandatory ceiling amountThe term “mandatory ceiling amount” means—
(A)
$107,255,000 with respect to Puerto Rico;
(B)
$4,686,000 with respect to Guam;
(C)
$3,554,000 with respect to the Virgin Islands; and
(D)
$1,000,000 with respect to American Samoa.
(5) Total amount expended by the territoryThe term “total amount expended by the territory”—
(A)
does not include expenditures during the fiscal year from amounts made available by the Federal Government; and
(B) when used with respect to fiscal year 1995, also does not include—
(i)
expenditures during fiscal year 1995 under subsection (g) or (i) of section 602 of this title (as in effect on September 30, 1995); or
(ii)
any expenditures during fiscal year 1995 for which the territory (but for this section, as in effect on September 30, 1995) would have received reimbursement from the Federal Government.
(d) Authority to transfer funds to certain programs
A territory to which an amount is paid under subsection (b) of this section may use the amount in accordance with section 604(d) of this title.
(e) Repealed. Pub. L. 105–33, title V, § 5512(c), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 619
(f) Total amount certified under subchapter XIXSubject to subsections (g) and (h) and section 1396u–5(e)(1)(B) of this title, the total amount certified by the Secretary under subchapter XIX with respect to a fiscal year for payment to—
(1)
Puerto Rico shall not exceed (A) $116,500,000 for fiscal year 1994 and (B) for each succeeding fiscal year the amount provided in this paragraph for the preceding fiscal year increased by the percentage increase in the medical care component of the consumer price index for all urban consumers (as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics) for the twelve-month period ending in March preceding the beginning of the fiscal year, rounded to the nearest $100,000;