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title: "42 U.S.C. § 300b–16"
description: "Authorization of appropriations for newborn screening programs and activities"
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title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 300b–16 - Authorization of appropriations for newborn screening programs and activities

## Text

There are authorized to be appropriated—

(1) to carry out sections 300b–8, 300b–9, 300b–10, and 300b–11 of this title, $11,900,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019; and

(2) to carry out section 300b–12 of this title, $8,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XI, § 1117, as added Pub. L. 113–240, § 10, Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 2856.)