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title: "43 U.S.C. § 1575"
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# 43 U.S.C. § 1575 - Contract authority

## Text

The Secretary is authorized to enter into contracts that he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter in advance of the appropriation of funds therefor.

(Pub. L. 93–320, title I, § 105, June 24, 1974, 88 Stat. 270.)