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# 16 U.S.C. § 284b - Authorization of appropriations

## Text

There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary, but not in excess of $5,473,000, to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.

(Pub. L. 89–671, § 3, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 951; Pub. L. 92–272, title II, § 201(4), Apr. 11, 1972, 86 Stat. 120.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments1972—Pub. L. 92–272 increased maximum sums authorized to be appropriated from not in excess of $600,000 to not in excess of $5,473,000.