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title: "20 U.S.C. § 2144"
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# 20 U.S.C. § 2144 - Authorization of appropriations

## Text

There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subchapter—

(1) $250,000 for fiscal year 2001; and

(2) such sums as may be necessary for each succeeding fiscal year.

(Pub. L. 106–380, § 5, Oct. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 1449.)