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# 33 U.S.C. § 3406 - Authorization of appropriations

## Text

There are authorized to be appropriated to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out this subchapter $60,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2028 11 So in original. Probably should be followed by a period.

(Pub. L. 111–11, title XII, § 12006, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1419; Pub. L. 117–263, div. J, title CIII, § 10305(g), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3974.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments2022—Pub. L. 117–263 substituted “this subchapter $60,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2028” for “this subchapter—” and struck out pars. (1) to (7) which authorized appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2015.