Native Americans.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 10

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the Support Office Director may determine, after taking into account the amount of funds made available to a State to carry out the purposes of this part, that: (1) The low-income members of an Indian tribe are not receiving benefits under this part equivalent to the assistance provided to other low-income persons in the State under this part and (2) The low-income members of such tribe would be better served by means of a grant made directly to provide such assistance. (b) In any State for which the Support Office Director shall have made the determination referred to in paragraph (a) of this section, the Support Office Director shall reserve from the sums that would otherwise be allocated to the State under this part not less than 100 percent, or more than 150 percent, of an amount which bears the same ratio to the State's allocation for the fiscal year involved as the population of all low-income Native Americans for whom a determination under paragraph (a) of this section has been made bears to the population of all low-income persons in the State. (c) The Support Office Director shall make the determination prescribed in paragraph (a) of this section in the event a State: (1) Does not apply within the sixty-day time period prescribed in § 440.12(a); (2) Recommends that direct grants be made for low-income members of an Indian tribe as provided in § 440.12(b)(5); (3) Files an application which DOE determines, in accord

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 10:§ 440.11