20 USC § 1128b - Authorization of appropriations

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title: "20 USC § 1128b - Authorization of appropriations"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "1128b"
section_name: "Authorization of appropriations"
chapter_number: 28
chapter_name: "HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–329, title VI, § 610, as added Pub. L. 105–244, title VI, § 601, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1783; amended Pub. L. 110–315, title VI, § 609, Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3338.)"
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# § 1128b. Authorization of appropriations

There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2009, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the five succeeding fiscal years.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–329, title VI, § 610, as added Pub. L. 105–244, title VI, § 601, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1783; amended Pub. L. 110–315, title VI, § 609, Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3338.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior  was classified to , prior to the general amendment of this part by .

Prior sections 1129 and 1129a were omitted in the general amendment of this subchapter by .

Section 1129, , , ; , , , prohibited equipment grants for sectarian instruction or religious worship.

Section 1129a, , as added , , , provided for consultation with the National Science Foundation in regard to the purchase of laboratory equipment.

### Amendments

2008— substituted “such sums as may be necessary” for “$80,000,000”, “2009” for “1999”, and “five” for “4”.