§ 7302. Definitions

In this chapter—

• (1) “block grant amounts” means amounts received for a program that—
  • (A) directly allocates amounts to States only, except for amounts allocated for use by the agency administering the program; and
  • (B) provides that the State may use any part of the amounts at its discretion to continue to support activities financed on August 12, 1981 , under programs whose authorizations were discontinued by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 ( Public Law 97–35 , 95 Stat. 357 ) and that were financed on August 12, 1981 , by allocations by the United States Government to local governments or other eligible entities, or both local governments and other eligible entities.
• (2) “State” includes the District of Columbia and territories and possessions of the United States.