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title: "42 U.S.C. § 7642"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 7642 - Authorization of appropriations

## Text

There is authorized to be appropriated such amount, not to exceed $30,000,000, as may be necessary for the purposes of this subchapter.

(July 14, 1955, ch. 360, title IV, § 403, as added Pub. L. 91–604, § 14, Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1710.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Another section 403 of act July 14, 1955, as added by Pub. L. 101–549, title IV, § 401, Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2589, is classified to section 7651b of this title. Section was formerly classified to section 1858a of this title.