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title: "16 U.S.C. § 1438"
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title_number: 16
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# 16 U.S.C. § 1438 - Repealed. Pub. L. 100–627, title II, § 203(1), Nov. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 3214

## Notes

Section, Pub. L. 92–532, title III, § 308, as added Pub. L. 98–498, title I, § 102, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2303, authorized appropriations for fiscal years 1985 to 1988.