; or (II) in the case of any other covered unit, to less than 50 percent of the amount of rental charges deposited in the Account from the covered unit in a fiscal year. (C) Transfer to other covered units (i) Distribution If the Secretary determines that the percentage of amounts otherwise available to a covered unit under subparagraph (A) should be reduced under subparagraph (B), the Secretary may transfer to other covered units, for allocation in accordance with clause (ii), the percentage of the amounts withheld from the covered unit under subparagraph (B), to be expended by the other covered units in accordance with paragraph (5). (ii) Criteria In determining the allocation of amounts to be transferred under clause (i) among other covered units, the Secretary shall consider— (I) the number of proposals for ski area improvements in the other covered units; (II) any backlog in ski area permit administration or the processing of ski area proposals in the other covered units; and (III) any need for services, training, staffing, or streamlining programs in the other covered units or the Region in which they are located that would improve the administration of the Forest Service Ski Area Program. (5) Authorized expenditures (A) In general Amounts distributed from the Account to a covered unit under this subsection may be used for— (i) ski area special use permit administration and processing of proposals for ski area improvement projects in the covered unit, including staffing and contracting for such administration, process, or services through the unit or the Region; (ii) any expenses that the Forest Service would have otherwise applied to ski area permittees through cost recovery pursuant to part 251 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations; (iii) training programs on processing ski area applications, administering ski area permits, or ski area process streamlining in the covered unit or the Region in which the unit is located