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# 42 U.S.C. § 8278 - Authorization of appropriations

## Text

For the purposes of this part, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary not to exceed $98,000,000 for the period beginning October 1, 1978, and ending September 30, 1981.

(Pub. L. 95–619, title V, § 569, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3282.)