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title: "49 U.S.C. § 1305"
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# 49 U.S.C. § 1305 - Authorization of appropriations

## Text

There are authorized to be appropriated for the activities of the Board—

(1) $33,000,000 for fiscal year 2016;

(2) $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2017;

(3) $35,500,000 for fiscal year 2018;

(4) $35,500,000 for fiscal year 2019; and

(5) $36,000,000 for fiscal year 2020.

(Added Pub. L. 104–88, title II, § 201(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 934, § 705; renumbered § 1305 and amended Pub. L. 114–110, §§ 3(a)(3), 7, Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2228, 2232.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments2015—Pub. L. 114–110, § 3(a)(3), renumbered section 705 of this title as this section. Pars. (1) to (5). Pub. L. 114–110, § 7, added pars. (1) to (5) and struck out former pars. (1) to (3) which related to appropriations for fiscal years 1996, 1997, and 1998, respectively.