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title: "42 U.S.C. § 3618"
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title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 3618 - Authorization of appropriations

## Text

There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.

(Pub. L. 90–284, title VIII, § 819, formerly § 818, Apr. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 89; renumbered § 819, Pub. L. 100–430, § 8(1), Sept. 13, 1988, 102 Stat. 1625.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Prior ProvisionsA prior section 819 of Pub. L. 90–284 was renumbered section 820 and is classified to section 3619 of this title.