under subclause (I) with respect to the State by the total amount made available to carry out the Program for the fiscal year in which the allocation is made. (B) States with a high level of venture capital activity (i) Purpose The purpose of this subparagraph is to, for the purposes of the calculation under subparagraph (A) with respect to certain States, exclude areas with high levels of venture capital activity from the populations of those States. (ii) Calculation Subject to any rules issued under clause (iii), with respect to the calculation under subparagraph (A) for the States of California, Massachusetts, and New York, the total populations of those States shall be adjusted as follows: (I) With respect to California, the populations of the following counties shall be subtracted from the total population of that State: (aa) Marin County. (bb) Sonoma County. (cc) Napa County. (dd) Contra Costa County. (ee) Santa Clara County. (ff) San Mateo County. (gg) San Francisco County. (hh) Los Angeles County. (ii) Orange County. (jj) Ventura County. (II) With respect to Massachusetts, the populations of the following counties shall be subtracted from the total population of that State: (aa) Essex County. (bb) Middlesex County. (cc) Suffolk County. (dd) Norfolk County. (III) With respect to New York, the populations of the following counties shall be subtracted from the total population of that State: (aa) Kings County. (bb) Queens County. (cc) New York County. (dd) Bronx County. (ee) Richmond County. (iii) Rule making As the Secretary determines to be appropriate, the Secretary may issue rules to amend the list of counties under subclause (I), (II), or (III) of clause (ii) in order to fulfill the purpose described in clause (i). (C) Minimum allocation The allocation to a participating State under the Program shall be in an amount that is not less than— (i) with respect to an allocation made from the amount appropriated under section 8(a)(1), 1 percent of that amount