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§ 4901. Requirement for prior authorization of appropriations
Amounts may be appropriated to or for the use of the Coast Guard for the following matters only if the amounts have been authorized by law after December 31, 1976:
(1) For the operation and support of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for.
(2) For the procurement, construction, renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels, aircraft, and systems, including equipment related thereto, and for maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment.
(3) For research and development.1
1 So in original. The period probably should not appear.
of technologies, materials, and human factors directly related to improving the performance of the Coast Guard.(Added Pub. L. 97–295, § 2(20)(A), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1303, § 662; amended Pub. L. 101–225, title II, § 222(c), Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1919; Pub. L. 111–259, title IV, § 442(2), Oct. 7, 2010, 124 Stat. 2733; renumbered § 2701 and amended Pub. L. 114–120, title I, § 101(b), Feb. 8, 2016, 130 Stat. 30; Pub. L. 115–232, div. C, title XXXV, § 3538(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2322; renumbered § 4901 and amended Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §§ 121(b), 123(c)(5)(A), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4238, 4241; Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8513(a)(5), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4760.)