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# 42 U.S.C. § 4278 - Authorization of appropriations

## Text

There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

(Pub. L. 86–380, § 8, Sept. 24, 1959, 73 Stat. 706.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 2378 of Title 5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89–554, § 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.