§ 278q. Appropriations; availability

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1901

   Pub. L. 92–317 § 3(a) · 86 Stat. 234

   Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 278q

   Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, § 32, formerly § 18, as added Pub. L. 92–317, § 3(a), June 22, 1972, 86 Stat. 235

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, § 32, formerly § 18, as added Pub. L. 92–317, § 3(a), June 22, 1972, 86 Stat. 235

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) The Act entitled “An Act to establish the National Bureau of Standards”, approved March 3, 1901 (31 Stat. 1449), as amended, is further amended by adding the following section: 82 Stat. 35. 15 USC 271 et seq. “Sec. 18. Appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act may remain available for obligation and expenditure for such period or periods as may be specified in the Acts making such appropriations.”

2. 1978

   Pub. L. 95–322 § 2(b) · 92 Stat. 395

   1. Amended · 15 U.S.C. § 278q

      Pub. L. 95–322 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)

   2. Added · 15 U.S.C. § 278q

      Pub. L. 95–322 added subsec. (b)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 95–322 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Section 18 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 278h) is amended by (1) designating the existing paragraph as “(a)”; and (2) adding immediately thereafter the following: “(b) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this Act (including the Working Capital Fund referred to in section 12(a)), except section 16, such sums as may be necessary for 15 USC 278f. each of the fiscal years 1979 and 1980.”.

3. 1980

   National Bureau of Standards Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1981 and 1982

   Pub. L. 96–461 § 10 · 94 Stat. 2049

   1. Substituted · 15 U.S.C. § 278q

      Pub. L. 96–461 substituted “Appropriations” for “(a) Appropriations”

   2. Struck · 15 U.S.C. § 278q

      Pub. L. 96–461 struck out subsec. (b) which authorized appropriations to carry out provisions of this chapter, including the Working Capital Fund referred to in section 278b(a) of this title, but excluding section 278f of this title, of such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1979 and 1980

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 96–461 substituted “Appropriations” for “(a) Appropriations” and struck out subsec. (b) which authorized appropriations to carry out provisions of this chapter, including the Working Capital Fund referred to in section 278b(a) of this title, but excluding section 278f of this title, of such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1979 and 1980.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 10. repeal of limited authorization Section 18 of the Act of March 3, 1901, as amended (15 U.S.C. 278h), is further amended by: (1) repealing subsection (b); and (2) removing the designation “(a)” from the remaining paragraph.

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