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title: "21 U.S.C. § 379dd–1"
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# 21 U.S.C. § 379dd–1 - Location of Foundation

## Text

The Foundation shall, if practicable, be located not more than 20 miles from the District of Columbia.

(June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 771, as added Pub. L. 110–85, title VI, § 601(b), Sept. 27, 2007, 121 Stat. 897.)