; (2) by providing notice of the availability of such information in the Federal Register; and (3) by any other methods that the Board determines to be appropriate. . 207. Restriction on the use of assistance under section 616 Section 616(d) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 ( 22 U.S.C. 7715(d) ) is amended to read as follows: (d) Funding (1) Limitation Not more than 10 percent of the amounts made available to carry out this Act for a fiscal year may be made available to carry out this section. (2) Restriction relating to assistance None of the funds authorized to carry out the purposes of this Act shall be available for assistance under this section to a country that does not qualify as a candidate country under section 606 for the fiscal year during which such assistance is provided. . 208. Study on subnational compacts (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Board of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, acting through the Chief Executive Officer, shall submit a study to the appropriate congressional committees that assesses the feasibility and desirability of developing partnerships at the subnational level within candidate countries that would be complementary to, and, as applicable, concurrent with, any Millennium Challenge Corporation national-level or regional investments. (b) Content The study required under subsection (a) shall examine— (1) the extent to which targeting investments at the subnational level might provide new opportunities for reducing poverty through economic growth; (2) the extent to which traditional approaches to defining poverty may not adequately capture the nature of poverty within a country; (3) the types of subnational entities that might be appropriate partners for subnational Millennium Challenge Corporation compacts; (4) how candidates for subnational partners might best be identified