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# 42 U.S.C. § 6956 - Authorization of appropriations

## Text

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1980, 1981, and 1982 and $1,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 1985 through 1988 to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.

(Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 5006, as added Pub. L. 96–482, § 31(f)(1), Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2353; amended Pub. L. 98–616, § 2(h), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3223.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments1984—Pub. L. 98–616 authorized appropriation of $1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 1985 through 1988.