---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 U.S.C. § 6708"
title: "31"
title_heading: "Money and Finance"
number: "6708"
heading: "Adjustments of local government allocations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/31/6708"
units:
  - "Subtitle V — General Assistance Administration"
  - "Chapter 67 — Federal Payments"
---

# §6708. Adjustments of local government allocations

- (a) **Maximum Amount.—** The amount allocated to a [unit of general local government](/usc/31/6501.md?p=10) for a [payment period](/usc/31/6720.md?p=a-2) may not exceed the adjusted taxes imposed by the [unit of general local government](/usc/31/6501.md?p=10) as determined under [section 6705(b)(3)](/usc/31/6705.md).[^1] Amounts in excess of adjusted taxes shall be paid to the Governor of the [State](/usc/31/6201.md?p=2) in which the unit of [local government](/usc/31/6302.md?p=3) is located.
- (b) **De Minimis Allocations to Units of General Local Government.—** If the amount allocated to a [unit of general local government](/usc/31/6501.md?p=10) (except an [Indian tribe](/usc/31/7501.md?p=a-9) or an Alaskan native[^2] village) for a [payment period](/usc/31/6720.md?p=a-2) would be less than $5,000 but for this subsection or is waived by the governing authority of the [unit of general local government](/usc/31/6501.md?p=10), the [Secretary](/usc/31/6401.md?p=6) shall pay the amount to the Governor of the [State](/usc/31/6201.md?p=2) in which the unit is located.
- (c) **Use of Payments to States.—** The Governor of a [State](/usc/31/6201.md?p=2) shall use all amounts paid to the Governor under subsections [(a)](#a) and [(b)](#b) for programs described in [section 6701(a)(2)](/usc/31/6701.md?p=a-2) in areas of the [State](/usc/31/6201.md?p=2) where are located the units of general [local government](/usc/31/6302.md?p=3) with respect to which amounts are paid under [subsection (b)](#b).
- (d) **De Minimis Allocations to Indian Tribes and Alaskan Native Villages.—**
  - (1) **Aggregation of de minimis allocations.—** If the amount allocated to an [Indian tribe](/usc/31/7501.md?p=a-9) or an Alaskan native[^2] village for a [payment period](/usc/31/6720.md?p=a-2) would be less than $5,000 but for this subsection or is waived by the chief elected official of the tribe or village, the amount—
    - (A) shall not be paid to the tribe or village (except under [paragraph (2)](#d-2)); and
    - (B) shall be aggregated with other such amounts and available for use by the Attorney General under [paragraph (2)](#d-2).
  - (2) **Use of aggregated amounts.—** Amounts aggregated under [paragraph (1)](#d-1) for a [payment period](/usc/31/6720.md?p=a-2) shall be available for use by the Attorney General to make grants in the [payment period](/usc/31/6720.md?p=a-2) on a competitive basis to [Indian Tribes](/usc/31/7501.md?p=a-9)[^3] and Alaskan native[^2] village[^4] for—
    - (A) programs described in [section 6701(a)(2)](/usc/31/6701.md?p=a-2); or
    - (B) renovating or building prisons or other correctional facilities.

## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. Probably should be section “6705(c)(3).”
[^2]: So in original. Probably should be capitalized.
[^3]: So in original. Probably should not be capitalized.
[^4]: So in original. Probably should be “villages”.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 103–322, title III, § 31001(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1872.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 6708, Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1017, related to county area and county government allocations, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99–272, title XIV, § 14001(a)(1), (e), Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 327, 329, eff. Oct. 18, 1986.