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# 15 U.S.C. § 1720 - Authorization of appropriations

## Text

There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this chapter.

(Pub. L. 90–448, title XIV, § 1422, formerly § 1421, Aug. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 599; renumbered § 1422, Pub. L. 96–153, title IV, § 409, Dec. 21, 1979, 93 Stat. 1132.)

## Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective DateSection effective upon the expiration of two hundred and seventy days after Aug. 1, 1968, see section 1423 of Pub. L. 90–448, set out as a note under section 1701 of this title.