42 U.S.C. § 1391 — Authorization of appropriations

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 June 30, 1966 , and $2,750,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967 . (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— Pub. L. 89–97 authorized appropriations of $2,750,000 for fiscal years ending June 30, 1966 and 1967 for implementation of mental retardation planning. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries Short Title For short title of Pub. L. 88–156 , which enacted this subchapter, as the “Maternal and Child Health and Mental Retardation Planning Amendments of 1963”, see section 1 of Pub. L. 88–156 , set out as a Short Title of 1963 Amendment note under section 1305 of this title .

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