# § 1384. Authorization of appropriations
**(a)** **Department of Commerce**
**(1)** There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Commerce, for purposes of carrying out its functions and responsibilities under this subchapter (other than sections 1386 and 1387 of this title) and subchapter V, $12,138,000 for fiscal year 1994, $12,623,000 for fiscal year 1995, $13,128,000 for fiscal year 1996, $13,653,000 for fiscal year 1997, $14,200,000 for fiscal year 1998, and $14,768,000 for fiscal year 1999.
**(2)** There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Commerce, for purposes of carrying out sections 1386 and 1387 of this title, $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1999.
**(b)** **Department of the Interior** There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of the Interior, for purposes of carrying out its functions and responsibilities under this subchapter, $8,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, $8,600,000 for fiscal year 1995, $9,000,000 for fiscal year 1996, $9,400,000 for fiscal year 1997, $9,900,000 for fiscal year 1998, and $10,296,000 for fiscal year 1999.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 92–522, title I, § 116, formerly § 114, Oct. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 1043; Pub. L. 95–136, § 2, Oct. 18, 1977, 91 Stat. 1167; Pub. L. 95–316, § 3, July 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 380; renumbered § 116, Pub. L. 100–711, § 2(a)(1), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4755; Pub. L. 103–238, § 9(a), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 543.)
## Editorial Notes
### Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in , (b), , ; , (2), , ; , (2), , , prior to repeal by , , .
### Amendments
1994— amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows:
“(a) There are authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $2,000,000 for the fiscal year ending , and the four next following fiscal years, not to exceed $11,500,000 for the fiscal year ending , not to exceed $8,500,000 for the fiscal year ending , not to exceed $9,000,000 for the fiscal year ending , and not to exceed $9,500,000 for the fiscal year ending , to enable the department in which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is operating to carry out such functions and responsibilities as it may have been given under this subchapter (other than sections 1379 and 1380 of this title).
“(b) There are authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $700,000 for the fiscal year ending , not to exceed $525,000 for each of the next four fiscal years thereafter, not to exceed $850,000 for the fiscal year ending , not to exceed $650,000 for the fiscal year ending , not to exceed $760,000 for the fiscal year ending , and not to exceed $876,000 for the fiscal year ending to enable the Department of the Interior to carry out such functions and responsibilities as it may have been given under this subchapter (other than sections 1379 and 1380 of this title).”
1978—Subsec. (a). , added reference to sections 1379 and 1380 of this title and provisions authorizing appropriations for the fiscal years ending , , and .
Subsec. (b). , added reference to sections 1379 and 1380 of this title and provisions authorizing appropriations for the fiscal years , , and .
1977—Subsec. (a). , inserted “, and not to exceed $11,500,000 for the fiscal year ending ,” after “fiscal years”.
Subsec. (b). , inserted “, and not to exceed $850,000 for the fiscal year ending ” after “thereafter”.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date
Section effective upon the expiration of the sixty-day period following , see , set out as a note under .