SEC. 675. ESTABLISHMENT OF BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.

The Secretary is authorized to establish a community services block grant program and
make grants through the program to States to ameliorate the causes of poverty in
communities within the States.

SEC. 675A. DISTRIBUTION TO TERRITORIES.

(a) APPORTIONMENT- The Secretary shall apportion the amount reserved under section 674(b)(1) 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- 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, section 676.