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title: "42 U.S.C. § 11344"
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title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 11344 - Limitation on certain costs

## Text

Not more than 5 percent of the total amount appropriated for the emergency food and shelter program for each fiscal year may be expended for the costs of administration.

(Pub. L. 100–77, title III, § 314, July 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 492.)