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title: "7 U.S.C. § 518f"
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# 7 U.S.C. § 518f - Limitation on total expenditures

## Text

The total amount expended by the Secretary from the Tobacco Trust Fund to make payments under sections 518a and 518b of this title and for the other authorized purposes of the Fund shall not exceed $10,140,000,000.

(Pub. L. 108–357, title VI, § 627, Oct. 22, 2004, 118 Stat. 1534.)

## Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective DateSection applicable to the 2005 and subsequent crops of tobacco, see section 643 of Pub. L. 108–357, set out as a note under section 518 of this title.