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title: "16 U.S.C. § 583j–8"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 583j–8 - Authorization of appropriations

## Text

(a) Startup funds For the purposes of section 583j–3 of this title, there are authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000.

(b) Matching funds For the purposes of section 583j–3 of this title, there are authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2023 to the Secretary of Agriculture to be made available to the Foundation to match, on a one-for-one basis, private contributions made to the Foundation.

(Pub. L. 101–593, title IV, § 410, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 2973; Pub. L. 103–106, § 3(b), Oct. 12, 1993, 107 Stat. 1032; Pub. L. 114–54, title II, § 201(b), Sept. 30, 2015, 129 Stat. 515; Pub. L. 115–334, title VIII, § 8503(b), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4847.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments2018—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–334 substituted “2023” for “2018”. 2015—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 114–54 substituted “there are authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2018” for “during the five-year period beginning October 1, 1992, there are authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 annually”. 1993—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–106 substituted “beginning October 1, 1992” for “following November 16, 1990”.