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# 7 U.S.C. § 7997 - Tracking of benefits

## Text

As soon as practicable after May 13, 2002, the Secretary shall establish procedures to track the benefits provided, directly or indirectly, to individuals and entities under titles I and II and the amendments made by those titles.

(Pub. L. 107–171, title I, § 1614, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 222.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

References in TextTitles I and II, referred to in text, mean titles I and II of Pub. L. 107–171, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 143. For complete classification of titles I and II of Pub. L. 107–171 to the Code, see Tables.