Sentence:  All payments authorized under section 7 of this Title shall be disbursed from the proper fund , as the case may <WSD>be</WSD> , and all amounts covered into the Treasury to the credit of the aforesaid funds are hereby permanently appropriated for the making of the payments authorized by section 7 of this Title . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)