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# 42 U.S.C. § 704b - Nonavailability of allotments after close of fiscal year

## Text

No allotment for this or any succeeding fiscal year under such title V shall be available after the close of such fiscal year except as may be necessary to liquidate obligations incurred during such year.

(July 5, 1952, ch. 575, title II, § 201, 66 Stat. 368.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

References in TextSuch title V, referred to in text, means title V of act Aug. 14, 1935, which is classified generally to this subchapter. For complete classification of title V to the Code, see Tables.

Codification Section is from act July 5, 1952, popularly known as the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1953, and is not a part of the Social Security Act which comprises this chapter.