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title: "25 U.S.C. § 309a"
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title_number: 25
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# 25 U.S.C. § 309a - Authorization of appropriations

## Text

There is authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of sections 309 and 309a of this title the sum of $25,000,000 for each fiscal year, and not to exceed $1,500,000 of such sum shall be available for administrative purposes.

(Aug. 3, 1956, ch. 930, § 2, 70 Stat. 986; Pub. L. 87–273, Sept. 22, 1961, 75 Stat. 571; Pub. L. 88–230, § 1(b), Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 471; Pub. L. 89–14, Apr. 22, 1965, 79 Stat. 74; Pub. L. 90–252, Feb. 3, 1968, 82 Stat. 4.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments1968—Pub. L. 90–252 increased appropriation from $15,000,000 to $25,000,000. 1965—Pub. L. 89–14 increased appropriation from $12,000,000 to $15,000,000. 1963—Pub. L. 88–230 increased appropriation from $7,500,000 to $12,000,000 and amount available for administrative purposes from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000. 1961—Pub. L. 87–273 increased appropriation to $7,500,000 and amount available for administrative purposes to $1,000,000.