---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 1548"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "1548"
heading: "Authorization of appropriations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/1548"
units:
  - "Chapter 40 — Department of Commerce"
---

# §1548. Authorization of appropriations


For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of sections [1544](/usc/15/1544.md) to 1548 of this title, there are authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $2,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976; $625,000 for the transition period of July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976; $2,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, and $2,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978.


## Source credit

(July 19, 1940, ch. 642, § 5, 54 Stat. 774; Pub. L. 91–549, Dec. 14, 1970, 84 Stat. 1437; Pub. L. 94–55, § 2(a), July 9, 1975, 89 Stat. 262.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 18d of Title 16, Conservation.

### Amendments

1975—Pub. L. 94–55 substituted provisions authorizing appropriations not to exceed $2,500,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, $625,000 for the transition period of July 1, 1976 through Sept. 30, 1976, $2,500,000 for fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1977, and $2,500,000 for fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1978, for provisions authorizing appropriations not to exceed $250,000 for fiscal year 1971 and $750,000 for fiscal year 1972.

1970—Pub. L. 91–549 substituted provisions authorizing appropriations of not more than $250,000 for fiscal year 1971 and not more than $750,000 for fiscal year 1972, for provisions which authorized appropriations of not more than $100,000 annually.