---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 U.S.C. § 3008"
title: "29"
title_heading: "Labor"
number: "3008"
heading: "Authorization of appropriations; reservations and distribution of funds"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/29/3008"
units:
  - "Chapter 31 — Assistive Technology for Individuals with Disabilities"
---

# §3008. Authorization of appropriations; reservations and distribution of funds

- (a) **In general—** There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this chapter—
  - (1) $44,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;
  - (2) $45,980,000 for fiscal year 2024;
  - (3) $48,049,100 for fiscal year 2025;
  - (4) $50,211,310 for fiscal year 2026; and
  - (5) $52,470,819 for fiscal year 2027.
- (b) **Reservations and distribution of funds—** Subject to [subsection (c)](#c), for each fiscal year for which funds are made available under [subsection (a)](#a) to carry out this chapter, the [Secretary](/usc/29/3002.md?p=13) shall—
  - (1) reserve an amount equal to 3 percent of the funds made available for each such fiscal year to carry out paragraphs (1) and (2) of [section 3005(b) of this title](/usc/29/3005.md?p=b); and
  - (2) from the amounts remaining after making the reservation under [paragraph (1)](#b-1)—
    - (A) use 85.5 percent of such amounts to carry out [section 3003 of this title](/usc/29/3003.md); and
    - (B) use 14.5 percent of such amounts to carry out [section 3004 of this title](/usc/29/3004.md).
- (c) **Limit for projects of national significance—** For any fiscal year for which the amount made available under [subsection (a)](#a) exceeds $49,000,000 the [Secretary](/usc/29/3002.md?p=13) may—
  - (1) reserve for [section 3006 of this title](/usc/29/3006.md), an amount of such available funds that does not exceed the lesser of—
    - (A) the excess amount made available; or
    - (B) $2,000,000; and
  - (2) make the reservation under [paragraph (1)](#c-1) before carrying out [subsection (b)](#b).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–394, § 9, as added Pub. L. 117–263, div. E, title LIV, § 5402, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3289.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on the day that is 6 months after Dec. 23, 2022, see section 5403 of Pub. L. 117–263, set out as an Effective Date of 2022 Amendment note under section 3001 of this title.