42 USC § 6956 - Authorization of appropriations

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s6956"
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title: "42 USC § 6956 - Authorization of appropriations"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "6956"
section_name: "Authorization of appropriations"
chapter_number: 82
chapter_name: "SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "DUTIES OF SECRETARY OF COMMERCE IN RESOURCE AND RECOVERY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 5006, as added Pub. L. 96–482, § 31(f)(1), Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2353; amended Pub. L. 98–616, § 2(h), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3223.)"
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# § 6956. Authorization of appropriations

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1980, 1981, and 1982 and $1,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 1985 through 1988 to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 5006, as added Pub. L. 96–482, § 31(f)(1), Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2353; amended Pub. L. 98–616, § 2(h), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3223.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1984— authorized appropriation of $1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 1985 through 1988.