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 96 STAT. 1640

PUBLIC LAW 97-341—OCT. 15, 1982

authority under this Act to enter into contracts or to make payments shall be effective except to the extent and in such amounts as provided in advance in appropriations Acts. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the Secretary of the Interior from utilizing, for purposes of the contract referred to in section 2, funds which are available to the Secretary for such purposes under authority of law. Approved October 15, 1982.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1872: HOUSE REPORT No. 97-823 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). SENATE REPORT No. 97-448 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 128 (1982): June 9, considered and passed Senate. Sept. 20, considered and passed House, amended. Sept. 30, Senate concurred in House amendments, with amendments; House concurred in Senate amendments.

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