AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

SEC. 772. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. (a) In General.— Section 3 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 903) is amended to read as follows: SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. “There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this Act.”. (b) Conforming Amendments.— (1) Section 301(a) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 931(a)) is amended— (A) by striking “(a)” the first place the term appears; and (B) in paragraph (3), by striking “notwithstanding section 3(a) of title I,”. (2) Section 302(b)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 932(b)(2)) is amended by striking “pursuant to section 3(a) of this Act”. (3) The last sentence of section 406(a) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 946(a)) is amended by striking “pursuant to section 3(a) of this Act”.