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# 16 U.S.C. § 917d - Authorization of appropriations

## Text

For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated a sum not to exceed $1,000,000 for fiscal years 1978 and 1979.

(Pub. L. 94–532, § 6, Oct. 17, 1976, 90 Stat. 2492.)