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Title 20 — Education

Chapter 3 — Smithsonian Institution, National Museums and Art Galleries

§ 79e. Authorization of appropriations

Statutory text

There are authorized to be appropriated annually, from money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, such sums as are necessary for the administration of this subchapter and for the maintenance of laboratory or other facilities provided for carrying out the purposes of this subchapter.

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. Pub. L. 76–516 § 7 · 54 Stat. 724

    Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 79e

    July 2, 1940, ch. 516, § 7, 54 Stat. 725

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    July 2, 1940, ch. 516, § 7, 54 Stat. 725

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 7. There is authorized to be appropriated annually, from Appropriation authorized. money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, not to exceed $10,000 for expenses necessary in the administration of this Act and for the maintenance of laboratory or other facilities provided for carrying out the purposes of this Act.

  2. Pub. L. 89–280 § 1 · 79 Stat. 1012

    Substituted · 20 U.S.C. § 79e

    Pub. L. 89–280 substituted “$350,000” for “$10,000”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 89–280 substituted “$350,000” for “$10,000”.

  3. Pub. L. 96–89 § 1 · 93 Stat. 697

    Substituted · 20 U.S.C. § 79e

    Pub. L. 96–89 substituted “$750,000” for “$350,000”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 96–89 substituted “$750,000” for “$350,000”.

  4. Pub. L. 98–57 § 1 · 97 Stat. 293

    Struck · 20 U.S.C. § 79e

    Pub. L. 98–57 struck out “, not to exceed $750,000” after “such sums”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 98–57 struck out “, not to exceed $750,000” after “such sums”.

    Effective date note
    Pub. L. 98–57, § 2, July 22, 1983, 97 Stat. 293, provided that: “The provision in the first section of this Act [amending this section] shall take effect on October 1, 1983.”

1 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 3 partial

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 1387 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.

Amendments1965–1983 · 3 rounds

1983

Pub. L. 98–57 struck out “, not to exceed $750,000” after “such sums”.

1979

Pub. L. 96–89 substituted “$750,000” for “$350,000”.

1965

Pub. L. 89–280 substituted “$350,000” for “$10,000”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1983 Amendment

Pub. L. 98–57, § 2, , 97 Stat. 293, provided that: “The provision in the first section of this Act [amending this section] shall take effect on .”

Effective Date of 1979 Amendment

Pub. L. 96–89, § 2, , 93 Stat. 697, provided that: “The provision in section 1 of this Act [amending this section] shall take effect on .”

Credits

1940–1983 · 4 acts
  1. 1940July 2, 1940, ch. 516, § 7, 54 Stat. 725
  2. 1965Pub. L. 89–280, § 1, , 79 Stat. 1012
  3. 1979Pub. L. 96–89, § 1, , 93 Stat. 697
  4. 1983Pub. L. 98–57, § 1, , 97 Stat. 293.
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(July 2, 1940, ch. 516, § 7, 54 Stat. 725; Pub. L. 89–280, § 1, , 79 Stat. 1012; Pub. L. 96–89, § 1, , 93 Stat. 697; Pub. L. 98–57, § 1, , 97 Stat. 293.)

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