42 USC § 6398 - Authorization of appropriations

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title: "42 USC § 6398 - Authorization of appropriations"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "6398"
section_name: "Authorization of appropriations"
chapter_number: 77
chapter_name: "ENERGY CONSERVATION"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "General Provisions"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 94–163, title V, § 528, Dec. 22, 1975, 89 Stat. 964.)"
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# § 6398. Authorization of appropriations

July 1, 1976September 30, 1976

Any authorization of appropriations in this Act, or in any amendment to any other law made by this Act, for the fiscal year 1976 shall be deemed to include an additional authorization of appropriations for the period beginning , and ending , in amounts which equal one-fourth of any amount authorized for fiscal year 1976, unless appropriations for the same purpose are specifically authorized in a law hereinafter enacted.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 94–163, title V, § 528, Dec. 22, 1975, 89 Stat. 964.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, means , , , known as the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, which is classified principally to this chapter (§ 6201 et seq.). For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.