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20 U.S.C. § 9151 — Payments; Federal share; and maintenance of effort requirements

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20 U.S.C. § 9151 — Payments; Federal share; and maintenance of effort requirements

**(a) Payments** Subject to appropriations provided pursuant to [section 9123 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9123&num=0&edition=prelim), the Director shall pay to each State library administrative agency having a State plan approved under [section 9134 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9134&num=0&edition=prelim) the Federal share of the cost of the activities described in the State plan. **(b) Federal share** (1) **In general** — The Federal share shall be 66 percent. (2) **Non-Federal share** — The non-Federal share of payments shall be provided from non-Federal, State, or local sources. **(c) Maintenance of effort** (1) **State expenditures** (A) *Requirement* (i) *In general* — The amount otherwise payable to a State for a fiscal year pursuant to an allotment under this part shall be reduced if the level of State expenditures, as described in paragraph (2), for the previous fiscal year is less than the average of the total of such expenditures for the 3 fiscal years preceding that previous fiscal year. The amount of the reduction in the allotment for any fiscal year shall be equal to the allotment multiplied by a fraction— (I) the numerator of which is the result obtained by subtracting the level of such State expenditures for the fiscal year for which the determination is made, from the average of the total level of such State expenditures for the 3 fiscal years preceding the fiscal year for which the determination is made; and (II) the denominator of which is the average of the total level of such State expenditures for the 3 fiscal years preceding the fiscal year for which the determination is made. (ii) *Calculation*

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**(a) Payments** Subject to appropriations provided pursuant to [section 9123 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9123&num=0&edition=prelim), the Director shall pay to each State library administrative agency having a State plan approved under [section 9134 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9134&num=0&edition=prelim) the Federal share of the cost of the activities described in the State plan. **(b) Federal share** (1) **In general** — The Federal share shall be 66 percent. (2) **Non-Federal share** — The non-Federal share of payments shall be provided from non-Federal, State, or local sources. **(c) Maintenance of effort** (1) **State expenditures** (A) *Requirement* (i) *In general* — The amount otherwise payable to a State for a fiscal year pursuant to an allotment under this part shall be reduced if the level of State expenditures, as described in paragraph (2), for the previous fiscal year is less than the average of the total of such expenditures for the 3 fiscal years preceding that previous fiscal year. The amount of the reduction in the allotment for any fiscal year shall be equal to the allotment multiplied by a fraction— (I) the numerator of which is the result obtained by subtracting the level of such State expenditures for the fiscal year for which the determination is made, from the average of the total level of such State expenditures for the 3 fiscal years preceding the fiscal year for which the determination is made; and (II) the denominator of which is the average of the total level of such State expenditures for the 3 fiscal years preceding the fiscal year for which the determination is made. (ii) *Calculation* — Any decrease in State expenditures resulting from the application of subparagraph (B) shall be excluded from the calculation of the average level of State expenditures for any 3-year period described in clause (i). (B) *Decrease in Federal support* — If the amount made available under this subchapter for a fiscal year is less than the amount made available under this subchapter for the preceding fiscal year, then the expenditures required by subparagraph (A) for such preceding fiscal year shall be decreased by the same percentage as the percentage decrease in the amount so made available. (2) **Level of State expenditures** — The level of State expenditures for the purposes of paragraph (1) shall include all State dollars expended by the State library administrative agency for library programs that are consistent with the purposes of this subchapter. All funds included in the maintenance of effort calculation under this subsection shall be expended during the fiscal year for which the determination is made, and shall not include capital expenditures, special one-time project costs, or similar windfalls. (3) **Waiver** — The Director may waive the requirements of paragraph (1) if the Director 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.

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20 U.S.C. § 9123 — Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program

**(a) Purpose** It is the purpose of this part to develop a diverse workforce of librarians by— (1) recruiting and educating the next generation of librarians from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds, including by encouraging at the middle school, high school, and postsecondary levels students to pursue careers in library and information science; (2) developing faculty and library leaders from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds, including by increasing the institutional capacity of graduate schools of library and information science; and (3) enhancing the training and professional development of librarians and the library workforce to enable librarians and the library workforce to meet the needs of their communities, including those needs relating to education, lifelong learning, workforce development, economic and business development, health information, critical thinking skills, digital literacy skills, financial and other types of literacy skills, and new and emerging technology. **(b) Activities** From the amounts provided under [section 9123(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9123/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim), the Director may enter into arrangements, including grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other forms of assistance, with libraries, library consortia and associations, institutions of higher education (as defined in [section 1001 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1001&num=0&edition=prelim)), and other entities that the Director determines appropriate, for projects that further the purpose of this part, such as projects that— (1) increase the number of students enrolled in nationally accredited graduate library and info

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20 U.S.C. § 9134 — Reservations and allotments

**(a) Reservations** (1) **In general** — From the amount appropriated under the authority of [section 9123 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9123&num=0&edition=prelim) for any fiscal year, the Director— (A) shall reserve 2.25 percent to award grants in accordance with [section 9161 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9161&num=0&edition=prelim); and (B) shall reserve 3.75 percent to award national leadership grants or contracts in accordance with [section 9162 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9162&num=0&edition=prelim). (2) **Special rule** — If the funds reserved pursuant to paragraph (1)(B) for a fiscal year have not been obligated by the end of such fiscal year, then such funds shall be allotted in accordance with subsection (b) for the fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year for which the funds were so reserved. **(b) Allotments** (1) **In general** — From the sums appropriated under the authority of [section 9123 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9123&num=0&edition=prelim) and not reserved under subsection (a) for any fiscal year, the Director shall award grants from minimum allotments, as determined under paragraph (3), to each State. Any sums remaining after minimum allotments are made for such year shall be allotted in the manner set forth in paragraph (2). (2) **Remainder** — From the remainder of any sums appropriated under the authority of [section 9123 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9123&num=0&edition=prelim) that are not reserved under subsection (a) and not allotte

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20 U.S.C. § 9151 — State advisory councils

Page 1688 TITLE 20—EDUCATION § 9151 ‘‘(2) targeting library and information services to per- sons having difficulty using a library and to under- served urban and rural communities, including children (from birth through age 17) from families with incomes below the poverty line (as defined by the Office of Man- agement and Budget and revised annually in accord- ance with section 9902(2) of title 42) applicable to a fam- ily of the size involved.’’ Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–81, § 206(2), substituted ‘‘among such purposes,’’ for ‘‘between the two purposes described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of such subsection,’’. PART 3—ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS SUBPART A—STATE REQUIREMENTS § 9151. State advisory councils Each State desiring assistance under this sub- chapter may establish a State advisory council which is broadly representative of the library entities in the State, including public, tribal, school, academic, special, and institutional li- braries, and libraries serving people of diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic back- grounds, individuals with disabilities, residents of rural and urban areas, Native Americans, military families, veterans, and caregivers. (Pub. L. 94–462, title II, § 251, as added Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(e) [title VII, § 702], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–233, 3009–301; amend- ed Pub. L. 115–410, § 13, Dec. 31, 2018, 132 Stat. 5417.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2018—Pub. L. 115–410 inserted ‘‘tribal,’’ after ‘‘public,’’ and substituted ‘‘and libraries serving people of diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds, individuals with disabilities, residents of rural and urban areas, Native Americans, military families, vet- erans, and caregivers’’ for ‘‘and libraries serving indi- viduals wit

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