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\[Laws in effect as of January 6, 1999\]

\[Document affected by Public Law 106-31 Section 5005(l)\]

\[CITE: 31USC1301\]

TITLE 31\--MONEY AND FINANCE

SUBTITLE II\--THE BUDGET PROCESS

CHAPTER 13\--APPROPRIATIONS

SUBCHAPTER I\--GENERAL

Sec. 1301. Application

\(a\) Appropriations shall be applied only to the objects for which

the appropriations were made except as otherwise provided by law.

\(b\) The reappropriation and diversion of the unexpended balance of

an appropriation for a purpose other than that for which the

appropriation originally was made shall be construed and accounted for

as a new appropriation. The unexpended balance shall be reduced by the

amount to be diverted.

\(c\) An appropriation in a regular, annual appropriation law may be

construed to be permanent or available continuously only if the

appropriation\--

\(1\) is for rivers and harbors, lighthouses, public buildings, or

the pay of the Navy and Marine Corps; or

\(2\) expressly provides that it is available after the fiscal

year covered by the law in which it appears.

\(d\) A law may be construed to make an appropriation out of the

Treasury or to authorize making a contract for the payment of money in

excess of an appropriation only if the law specifically states that an

appropriation is made or that such a contract may be made.

(Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 917.)

Historical and Revision Notes

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

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1301(a)\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\... 31:628. R.S. Sec. 3678.

1301(b)\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\... 31:717. Mar. 4, 1915,
ch. 147, Sec. 4, 38 Stat.

1161\.

1301(c)\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\... 31:718. Aug. 24, 1912,
ch. 355, Sec. 7, 37 Stat.

487; Mar. 3, 1919, ch. 99, Sec. 6(last

sentence), 40 Stat. 1309.

1301(d)\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\... 31:627. June 30, 1906,
ch. 3914, Sec. 9, 34

Stat. 764.

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In subsection (a), the word \`\`Appropriations\'\' is substituted for

\`\`sums appropriated for the various branches of expenditure in the

public service\'\' to eliminate unnecessary words. The words \`\`they
are

respectively\'\' and \`\`and for no others\'\' are omitted as surplus.
The

words \`\`except as otherwise provided by law\'\' are substituted for

\`\`All\'\' in section 3678 of the Revised Statutes to inform the reader

that there are exceptions to the source provisions restated in the

subsection.

In subsection (c), before clause (1), the words \`\`specific or

indefinite\'\' are omitted as surplus. The words \`\`made subsequent to

August 24, 1912\'\' are omitted as executed. The words \`\`without
reference

to a fiscal year\'\' are omitted as surplus. In clause (1), the words
\`\`is

for\'\' are substituted for \`\`belongs to one of the following four

classes\'\' to eliminate unnecessary words. The words \`\`last
specifically

named in and excepted from the operation of the provisions of section

713 of this title\'\' and the words related to section 5 of the Act of

June 20, 1874 (31:713), in section 6(last sentence) of the Act of March

3, 1919 (ch. 99, 40 Stat. 1309), are omitted because section 5 was

repealed by section 3 of the Act of July 6, 1949 (ch. 299, 63 Stat.

407).

In subsection (d), the words \`\`passed after June 30, 1906\'\' are

omitted as executed.

Short Title of 1984 Amendment

Pub. L. 98-359, Sec. 1, July 13, 1984, 98 Stat. 402, provided:

\`\`That this Act \[amending section 1322 of this title\] may be cited
as

the \`Postal Savings System Statute of Limitations Act\'.\'\'

Transfers From Appropriation Accounts; Salaries of Temporarily

Reassigned Employees

Pub. L. 105-277, div. A, Sec. 101(f) \[title V, Sec. 510\], Oct. 21,

1998, 112 Stat. 2681-337, 2681-385, provided that: \`\`Notwithstanding
any

other provision of law, hereafter\--

\`\`(1) no amount may be transferred from an appropriation account

for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and

Education except as authorized in this or any subsequent

appropriation Act, or in the Act establishing the program or

activity for which funds are contained in this Act \[see Tables for

classification\];

\`\`(2) no department, agency, or other entity, other than the one

responsible for administering the program or activity for which an

appropriation is made in this Act, may exercise authority for the

timing of the obligation and expenditure of such appropriation, or

for the purpose for which it is obligated and expended, except to

the extent and in the manner otherwise provided in sections 1512 and

1513 of title 31, United States Code; and

\`\`(3) no funds provided under this Act shall be available for

the salary (or any part thereof) of an employee who is reassigned on

a temporary detail basis to another position in the employing agency

or department or in any other agency or department, unless the

detail is independently approved by the head of the employing

department or agency.\'\'

Pub. L. 103-333, title V, Sec. 515, Sept. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 2574,

provided that: \`\`Notwithstanding any other provision of law\--

\`\`(1) no amount may be transferred from an appropriation account

for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and

Education except as authorized in this or any subsequent

appropriation act, or in the Act establishing the program or

activity for which funds are contained in this Act \[see Tables for

classification\];

\`\`(2) no department, agency, or other entity, other than the one

responsible for administering the program or activity for which an

appropriation is made in this Act, may exercise authority for the

timing of the obligation and expenditure of such appropriation, or

for the purposes for which it is obligated and expended, except to

the extent and in the manner otherwise provided in sections 1512 and

1513 of title 31, United States Code; and

\`\`(3) no funds provided under this or any subsequent

appropriation act shall be available for the salary (or any part

thereof) of an employee who is reassigned on a temporary detail

basis to another position in the employing agency or department or

in any other agency or department, unless the detail is

independently approved by the head of the employing department or

agency.\'\'

Provisions similar to those in section 515 of Pub. L. 103-333 were

contained in the following appropriation acts:

Pub. L. 105-78, title V, Sec. 511, Nov. 13, 1997, 111 Stat. 1516.

Pub. L. 104-208, div. A, title I, Sec. 101(e) \[title V, Sec. 509\],

Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009-233, 3009-269.

Pub. L. 104-134, title I, Sec. 101(d) \[title V, Sec. 509\], Apr. 26,

1996, 110 Stat. 1321-211, 1321-244; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104-140,

Sec. 1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in title 10 section 2633; title 40

section 481; title 42 section 9619.