this Act. To the extent that individuals cannot be located or such redress, payments or compensation, or other monetary relief are otherwise not practicable, the Agency may use such funds for the purpose of consumer or business education relating to data protection or for the purpose of engaging in technological research that the Agency considers necessary to enforce this Act and Federal privacy laws. (4) Amounts not subject to apportionment Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts in the Relief Fund shall not be subject to apportionment for purposes of chapter 15 of title 31, United States Code, or under any other authority. 10. Preservation of State law (a) Relation to state law (1) Rule of construction This Act may not be construed as annulling, altering, or affecting, or exempting any person subject to the provisions of this title from complying with, the statutes, regulations, orders, or interpretations in effect in any State, except to the extent that any such provision of law is inconsistent with the provisions of this title, and then only to the extent of the inconsistency. (2) Greater protection under state law For purposes of this paragraph, a statute, regulation, order, or interpretation in effect in any State is not inconsistent with the provisions of this title if the protection that such statute, regulation, order, or interpretation affords to individuals is greater than the protection provided under this Act. A determination regarding whether a statute, regulation, order, or interpretation in effect in any State is inconsistent with the provisions of this title may be made by the Agency on its own motion or in response to a nonfrivolous petition initiated by any interested person. (b) Relation to other provisions of Federal privacy laws that relate to state law No provision of this Act shall be construed as modifying, limiting, or superseding the operation of any provision of a Federal privacy law that relates to the application of a law in effect in any State with respect to such