42 U.S.C. § 6710
Section 6710 · Authorization of appropriations
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Fullilove v. Klutznick (1980)
Most recently applied in Fullilove v. Klutznick (July 1980)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
There is authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $6,000,000,000 for the period ending December 31, 1978, to carry out this chapter.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Amendments
1977—Pub. L. 95–28 substituted “$6,000,000,000 for the period ending December 31, 1978” for “$2,000,000,000 for the period ending September 30, 1977”.
Immediate Initiation of Construction on Certain Projects
Section 111 of Pub. L. 95–28 directed Secretary of Agriculture and Secretary of the Interior to immediately initiate construction of those Federal public works projects which are responsibility of their respective departments, which have been authorized, and which can be commenced within 60 days of May 13, 1977, and completed no later than 180th day after commencement of construction, with no funds authorized by this section used to carry out such works.