42 USC § 1391 - Authorization of appropriations

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title: "42 USC § 1391 - Authorization of appropriations"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "1391"
section_name: "Authorization of appropriations"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "SOCIAL SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "XVII"
subchapter_name: "GRANTS FOR PLANNING COMPREHENSIVE ACTION TO COMBAT MENTAL RETARDATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XVII, § 1701, as added Pub. L. 88–156, § 5, Oct. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 275; amended Pub. L. 89–97, title II, § 211(a), July 30, 1965, 79 Stat. 356.)"
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# § 1391. Authorization of appropriations

June 30, 1966June 30, 1967

For the purpose of assisting the States (including the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa) to plan for and take other steps leading to comprehensive State and community action to combat mental retardation, there is authorized to be appropriated the sum of $2,200,000. There are also authorized to be appropriated, for assisting such States in initiating the implementation and carrying out of planning and other steps to combat mental retardation, $2,750,000 for the fiscal year ending , and $2,750,000 for the fiscal year ending .

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XVII, § 1701, as added Pub. L. 88–156, § 5, Oct. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 275; amended Pub. L. 89–97, title II, § 211(a), July 30, 1965, 79 Stat. 356.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1965— authorized appropriations of $2,750,000 for fiscal years ending  and 1967 for implementation of mental retardation planning.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

For short title of , which enacted this subchapter, as the “Maternal and Child Health and Mental Retardation Planning Amendments of 1963”, see , set out as a Short Title of 1963 Amendment note under .