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# 15 U.S.C. § 80c–2 - Authorization of appropriations

## Text

For fiscal year 1982, and for each of the three succeeding fiscal years, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated such amounts as may be necessary and appropriate to carry out the provisions and purposes of this chapter. Any sums so appropriated shall remain available until expended.

(Pub. L. 96–477, title V, § 504, Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2292.)

## Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective DateSection effective Jan. 1, 1981, see section 507 of Pub. L. 96–477, set out as a note under section 80c of this title.