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# 42 U.S.C. § 1783 - Appropriations for administrative expense

## Text

There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for any fiscal year such sums as may be necessary to the Secretary for the Secretary’s administrative expense under this chapter.

(Pub. L. 89–642, § 14, Oct. 11, 1966, 80 Stat. 889; Pub. L. 101–147, title III, § 324, Nov. 10, 1989, 103 Stat. 917.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments1989—Pub. L. 101–147 inserted “Appropriations for administrative expense” as section catchline and substituted “are hereby” for “is hereby” and “the Secretary’s” for “his”.