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# 21 U.S.C. § 346b - Authorization of appropriations

## Text

There are authorized to be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary for the purpose and administration of sections 321(q), (r), 342(a)(2), and 346a of this title.

(July 22, 1954, ch. 559, § 4, 68 Stat. 517.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was not enacted as part of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act which comprises this chapter.