authorization of appropriations

authorization of appropriations Sec. 211. (a) Section 1701 of the Social Security Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: “There are also authorized to be appropriated, for assisting such States in initiating the implementation and carrying out of planning and other steps to combat mental retardation, $2,750,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and $2,750,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967.” (b) The first sentence of section 1702 of such Act is amended by inserting “the first sentence of” before “section 1701” and by inserting the following before the period at the end thereof “; and the sums appropriated pursuant to the second sentence of such section for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, shall be available for such grants during such year and the next two fiscal years, and sums appropriated pursuant thereto for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, shall be available for such grants during such year and the succeeding fiscal year”.