42 USC § 9905 - Distribution to territories

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s9905"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 9905 - Distribution to territories"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "9905"
section_name: "Distribution to territories"
chapter_number: 106
chapter_name: "COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, § 675A, as added Pub. L. 105–285, title II, § 201, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2730.)"
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# § 9905. Distribution to territories

**(a)** **Apportionment** section 9903(b)(1) of this title

The Secretary shall apportion the amount reserved under  for each fiscal year on the basis of need among Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

**(b)** **Application** section 9908 of this title

Each jurisdiction to which subsection (a) applies may receive a grant under this section for the amount apportioned under subsection (a) on submitting to the Secretary, and obtaining approval of, an application, containing provisions that describe the programs for which assistance is sought under this section, that is prepared in accordance with, and contains the information described in, .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, § 675A, as added Pub. L. 105–285, title II, § 201, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2730.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Prior sections 9905 and 9905a were omitted in the general amendment of this chapter by .

Section 9905, , , , related to establishment and functions of the Office of Community Services.

Section 9905a, , as added , , ; amended –(4), , , 969; , , , related to procedures for review of termination or reduction of funding.