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[CITE: 33USC2752]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
                        CHAPTER 40--OIL POLLUTION
 
                      SUBCHAPTER III--MISCELLANEOUS
 
Sec. 2752. Annual appropriations


(a) Required

    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, amounts in the 
Fund shall be available only as provided in annual appropriation Acts.

(b) Exceptions

    Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to sections \1\ 
2706(f), 2712(a)(4), or 2736 of this title, and shall not apply to an 
amount not to exceed $50,000,000 in any fiscal year which the President 
may make available from the Fund to carry out section 1321(c) of this 
title and to initiate the assessment of natural resources damages 
required under section 2706 of this title. Sums to which this subsection 
applies shall remain available until expended.
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be ``section''.
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(Pub. L. 101-380, title VI, Sec. 6002, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 555; 
Pub. L. 104-324, title XI, Sec. 1102(c)(1), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 
3966.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-324 substituted ``2736'' for 
``2736(b)''.

                         Delegation of Functions

    Functions of President under subsec. (b) of this section delegated 
to Secretary of Department in which Coast Guard is operating by section 
7(a)(1)(B) of Ex. Ord. No. 12777, Oct. 18, 1991, 56 F.R. 54766, set out 
as a note under section 1321 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 26 section 9509.
