(b) Authorization of Appropriations.—
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Fund—
(1) $270,000,000 for fiscal year 1996;
(2) $283,500,000 for fiscal year 1997;
(3) $355,500,000 for fiscal year 1998;
(4) $355,500,000 for fiscal year 1999; and
(5) $355,500,000 for fiscal year 2000.
Such sums are to remain available until expended.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 6702, Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1012, related to payments to governments, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99–272, title XIV, § 14001(a)(1), (e), Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 327, 329, eff. Oct. 18, 1986.
Deficit Neutrality
Pub. L. 103–322, title III, § 31001(c), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1881, provided that:
“Any appropriation to carry out the amendment made by this subtitle [subtitle J (§§ 31001, 31002) of title III of
Pub. L. 103–322, enacting this chapter] to title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 1995 or 1996 shall be offset by cuts elsewhere in appropriations for that fiscal year.”