---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 300w"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "300w"
heading: "Authorization of appropriations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/300w"
units:
  - "Chapter 6A — Public Health Service"
  - "Subchapter XVII — Block Grants"
  - "Part A — Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grants"
---

# §300w. Authorization of appropriations

- (a) For the purpose of allotments under [section 300w–1 of this title](/usc/42/300w–1.md), there are authorized to be appropriated $205,000,000 for fiscal year 1993, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1998.
- (b) Of the amount appropriated for any fiscal year under [subsection (a)](#a), at least $7,000,000 shall be made available for allotments under [section 300w–1(b) of this title](/usc/42/300w–1.md?p=b).

## Source credit

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIX, § 1901, as added Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 901, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 535; amended Pub. L. 98–555, § 4, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2855; Pub. L. 100–607, title III, § 301(a), Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3111; Pub. L. 102–531, title I, § 101, Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3469; Pub. L. 103–183, title VII, § 705(e), Dec. 14, 1993, 107 Stat. 2241.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1993—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–183 substituted “through 1998” for “through 1997”.

1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–531, § 101(a), amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: “For the purpose of allotments under section 300w–1 of this title, there is authorized to be appropriated $95,000,000 for fiscal year 1982, $96,500,000 for fiscal year 1983, $98,500,000 for fiscal year 1984, $98,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1985, $98,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1986, $98,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987, $110,000,000 for fiscal year 1989, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1990 and 1991.”

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–531, § 101(b), substituted “$7,000,000” for “$3,500,000”.

1988—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–607 struck out “and” after “1986,” and inserted “, $110,000,000 for fiscal year 1989, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1990 and 1991” before period at end.

1984—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–555, § 4(a), inserted provisions authorizing appropriations for fiscal years ending Sept. 30, 1985, 1986, and 1987.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–555, § 4(b), substituted “$3,500,000” for “$3,000,000”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 901, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 535, provided in part that this subchapter is effective Oct. 1, 1981.