; and (2) to increase access to assistive technology. (b) Amount of financial assistance (1) In general From funds made available to carry out this section, the Secretary shall award a grant to each eligible State and eligible outlying area from an allotment determined in accordance with paragraph (2). (2) Calculation of State grants (A) Base year Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C), the Secretary shall allot to each State and outlying area for a fiscal year an amount that is not less than the amount the State or outlying area received under the grants provided under section 4 of this Act (as in effect on the day before the effective date of the 21st Century Assistive Technology Act ) for fiscal year 2019. (B) Ratable reduction (i) In general If funds made available to carry out this section for any fiscal year are insufficient to make the allotments required for each State and outlying area under subparagraph (A) for such fiscal year, the Secretary shall ratably reduce the allotments for such fiscal year. (ii) Additional funds If, after the Secretary makes the reductions described in clause (i), additional funds become available to carry out this section for the fiscal year, the Secretary shall ratably increase the allotments, until the Secretary has allotted the entire base year amount under this paragraph. (C) Higher appropriation years For a fiscal year for which the amount of funds made available to carry out this section is greater than the base year amount described in subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall— (i) make the allotments described in subparagraph (A); (ii) from the funds remaining after the allotments described in clause (i), allot to each State or outlying area an equal amount of such funds, until each State has received an allotment under clause (i) and this clause of not less than $550,000, and each outlying area has received an allotment of $167,500