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TITLE 31\--MONEY AND FINANCE

SUBTITLE II\--THE BUDGET PROCESS

CHAPTER 13\--APPROPRIATIONS

SUBCHAPTER III\--LIMITATIONS, EXCEPTIONS, AND PENALTIES

Sec. 1341. Limitations on expending and obligating amounts

(a)(1) An officer or employee of the United States Government or of

the District of Columbia government may not\--

\(A\) make or authorize an expenditure or obligation exceeding an

amount available in an appropriation or fund for the expenditure or

obligation;

\(B\) involve either government in a contract or obligation for

the payment of money before an appropriation is made unless

authorized by law;

\(C\) make or authorize an expenditure or obligation of funds

required to be sequestered under section 252 of the Balanced Budget

and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985; or

\(D\) involve either government in a contract or obligation for

the payment of money required to be sequestered under section 252 of

the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

\(2\) This subsection does not apply to a corporation getting amounts

to make loans (except paid in capital amounts) without legal liability

of the United States Government.

\(b\) An article to be used by an executive department in the District

of Columbia that could be bought out of an appropriation made to a

regular contingent fund of the department may not be bought out of

another amount available for obligation.

(Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 923; Pub. L. 101-508, title

XIII, Sec. 13213(a), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388-621.)

Historical and Revision Notes

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Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)

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1341(a)\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\... 31:665(a), (d)(2)(last
R.S. Sec. 3679(a), (d)(2)(last sentence

sentence related to spending related to spending and obligations);

and obligations). Mar. 3, 1905, ch. 1484, Sec. 4(1st

par.), 33 Stat. 1257; Feb. 27, 1906, ch.

510, Sec. 3, 34 Stat. 48; restated

Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, Sec. 1211, 64

Stat. 765.

1341(b)\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\... 31:669(words after
semicolon). Aug. 23, 1912, ch. 350, Sec. 6(words

after semicolon), 37 Stat. 414.

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In subsection (b), the words \`\`another amount available for

obligation\'\' are substituted for \`\`any other fund\'\' for
consistency in

the revised title.

References in Text

Section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act

of 1985, referred to in subsec. (a)(1)(C), (D), is classified to section

902 of Title 2, The Congress.

Amendments

1990\--Subsec. (a)(1)(C), (D). Pub. L. 101-508 added subpars. (C) and

(D).

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 1349, 1350, 1351 of this

title; title 2 section 60a-2; title 5 section 5306; title 8 section

1363a; title 12 section 1749bbb-8; title 16 section 450ss-4; title 19

section 2081; title 20 section 1225; title 22 sections 277d-3, 1461b,

2295b, 5857; title 26 section 7608; title 33 section 891d; title 40

section 490e; title 42 sections 2204, 2204a, 2210, 2295, 2394, 9619;

title 43 section 377b; title 49 sections 40110, 40111, 40112; title 50

section 403f.