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title: "16 U.S.C. § 398b"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 398b - Repealed. Pub. L. 85–404, May 16, 1958, 72 Stat. 112

## Notes

Section, act Aug. 2, 1956, ch. 885, § 3, 70 Stat. 941, authorized an appropriation for capital improvements and an annual appropriation for administration of the Virgin Islands National Park.