The sums appropriated in pursuance of paragraph (a) of this section shall be paid annually to the several States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands in equal shares. The sums appropriated in pursuance of paragraph (b) of this section shall be in addition to sums appropriated in pursuance of paragraph (a) of this section and shall be allotted and paid annually to each of the several States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands in the proportion to which the total population of each State, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands bears to the total population of all the States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands as determined by the last preceding decennial census. Sums appropriated in pursuance of this section shall be in addition to sums appropriated or authorized under this subchapter and subchapter
I of this title, and shall be applied only for the purposes of the colleges defined in such subchapters. The provisions of law applicable to the use and payment of sums under this subchapter shall apply to the use and payment of sums appropriated in pursuance of this section.