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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a)In general
Subject to sections 4214(e) and 4215(g) of this title and except as provided in subsection (b), beginning on October 1, 1990, the payments to be made to any eligible individual under the provisions of this subchapter shall be an entitlement.
(b)Payments from discretionary appropriations
(1)Payments
Any such payment made to an individual who is not of Japanese ancestry and who is an eligible individual on the basis of the amendment made by section 3 of the Civil Liberties Act Amendments of 1992 shall not be an entitlement and shall be made from discretionary appropriations.
(2)Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1993 and each subsequent fiscal year such sums as may be necessary for the payments from discretionary appropriations described in paragraph (1).
(c)Definitions
As used in this section--
(1) the term “discretionary appropriations” has the meaning given that term in section 900(c)(7) of Title 2; and
(2) the term “entitlement” means “spending authority” as defined in section 651(c)(2)(C) 1 of Title 2.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - 50 U.S.C. § 4220 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 50. War and National Defense § 4220. Entitlements to eligible individuals - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/us/title-50-war-and-national-defense/50-usc-sect-4220/
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