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31 U.S.C. § 1502 (MONEY AND FINANCE)
§ 1502. Balances available
(a) The balance of an appropriation or fund limited for obligation to a definite period is available only for payment of expenses properly incurred during the period of availability or to complete contracts properly made within that period of availability and obligated consistent with section 1501 of this title. However, the appropriation or fund is not available for expenditure for a period beyond the period otherwise authorized by law.
(b) A provision of law requiring that the balance of an appropriation or fund be returned to the general fund of the Treasury at the end of a definite period does not affect the status of lawsuits or rights of action involving the right to an amount payable from the balance.
(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 928.)
text: Historical and Revision Notes
Revised Section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
1502(a)
31:200(d).
Aug. 26, 1954, ch. 935, § 1311(d), 68 Stat. 831.
31:712a.
July 6, 1949, ch. 299, § 1, 63 Stat. 407.
1502(b)
31:665b.
July 1, 1973, Pub. L. 93–52, § 111, 87 Stat. 134.
Subsection (a) restates the source provisions to eliminate unnecessary words and for consistency.
In subsection (b), the words “balance of an appropriation or fund” are substituted for “unexpended funds” for clarity and consistency in the revised chapter.
heading: Quarterly Reports
text: Pub. L. 114–113, div. H, title V, § 526, Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2653, provided that: “Not later than 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter, beginning with the first quarter of fiscal year 2013, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education and the Social Security Administration shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate a quarterly report on the status of balances of appropriations: Provided, That for balances that are unobligated and uncommitted, committed, and obligated but unexpended, the quarterly reports shall separately identify the amounts attributable to each source year of appropriation (beginning with fiscal year 2012, or, to the extent feasible, earlier fiscal years) from which balances were derived.”
Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:Pub. L. 113–235, div. G, title V, § 523, Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2518.
Pub. L. 113–76, div. H, title V, § 524, Jan. 17, 2014, 128 Stat. 413.
Pub. L. 112–74, div. F, title V, § 526, Dec. 23, 2011, 125 Stat. 1115.
heading: Availability of Energy and Water Development Appropriations Limited to Fiscal Year In Which Appropriated
text: Pub. L. 102–377, title V, § 501, Oct. 2, 1992, 106 Stat. 1342, provided that: “No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or subsequent Energy and Water Development Appropriations Acts shall remain available for obligation beyond the fiscal year specified in such Acts therein unless expressly so provided therein.”
33 U.S.C. § 687 (NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS)
§ 687. Use of State dredge and appliances in river and harbor improvements
The Secretary of the Army is authorized to accept from the State of California the use of any dredger, or appliances owned or controlled by said State, conformably to any offer thereof by the said State; and the Secretary of the Army is authorized to use any such dredger or appliances in any river or harbor improvement that may be prosecuted therein by the United States, either on the part of the United States alone or conjointly with said State: Provided, That nothing shall be paid to the State of California for the use of said dredger, and that nothing herein contained shall create any liability against the United States.
(Mar. 3, 1899, ch. 425, § 1, 30 Stat. 1148; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was enacted as part of act Mar. 3, 1899, popularly known as the “Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899”, and not as part of act Mar. 1, 1893, ch. 183, 27 Stat. 507, which comprises this chapter.
heading: Change of Name
text: Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces” which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.
38 U.S.C. § 313 (VETERANS’ BENEFITS)
§ 313. Availability of appropriations
(a) Funds appropriated to the Department may remain available until expended.
(b) Funds appropriated to the Department may not be used for a settlement of more than $1,000,000 on a construction contract unless—
(1) the settlement is audited by an entity outside the Department for reasonableness and appropriateness of expenditures; and
(2) the settlement is provided for specifically in an appropriation law.
(Added Pub. L. 102–83, § 2(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 383.)
heading: Prior Provisions
text: Prior section 313 was renumbered section 1113 of this title.
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 203 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–83, § 2(a).
heading: Recurring Expenses Transformational Fund
text: Pub. L. 114–113, div. J, title II, § 243, Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2701, provided that: “There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the ‘Recurring Expenses Transformational Fund’ (the Fund): Provided, That unobligated balances of expired discretionary funds appropriated in this or any succeeding fiscal year from the General Fund of the Treasury to the Department of Veterans Affairs by this or any other Act may be transferred (at the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which such funds are available for the purposes for which appropriated) into the Fund: Provided further, That amounts deposited in the Fund shall be available until expended, and in addition to such other funds as may be available for such purposes, for facilities infrastructure improvements, including nonrecurring maintenance, at existing hospitals and clinics of the Veterans Health Administration, and information technology systems improvements and sustainment, subject to approval by the Office of Management and Budget: Provided further, That prior to obligation of any amounts in the Fund, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to make such obligation and such Committees issue an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days has elapsed.”
42 U.S.C. § 300mm–52 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 300mm–52. World Trade Center Health Registry
For the purpose of ensuring ongoing data collection relating to victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the WTC Program Administrator shall ensure that a registry of such victims is maintained that is at least as comprehensive as the World Trade Center Health Registry maintained under the arrangements in effect as of January 1, 2015, with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXXIII, § 3342, as added Pub. L. 111–347, title I, § 101, Jan. 2, 2011, 124 Stat. 3657; amended Pub. L. 114–113, div. O, title III, § 302(h), Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 3000.)
heading: Amendments
text: 2015—Pub. L. 114–113 substituted “January 1, 2015” for “April 20, 2009”.
42 U.S.C. § 3535a (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 3535a. Working capital fund
There is hereby established in the United States Treasury, pursuant to section 3535(f) of this title, a working capital fund for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (referred to in this paragraph as the “Fund”): Provided, That amounts transferred to the Fund under this heading shall be available for Federal shared services used by offices and agencies of the Department, and for such portion of any office or agency’s printing, records management, space renovation, furniture, or supply services as the Secretary determines shall be derived from centralized sources made available by the Department to all offices and agencies and funded through the Fund: Provided further, That of the amounts made available in this title 1 for salaries and expenses under the headings “Executive Offices”, “Administrative Support Offices”, “Program Office Salaries and Expenses”, and “Government National Mortgage Association”, the Secretary shall transfer to the Fund such amounts, to remain available until expended, as are necessary to fund services, specified in the first proviso, for which the appropriation would otherwise have been available, and may transfer not to exceed an additional $10,000,000, in aggregate, from all such appropriations, to be merged with the Fund and to remain available until expended for use for any office or agency: Provided further, That amounts in the Fund shall be the only amounts available to each office or agency of the Department for the services, or portion of services, specified in the first proviso: Provided further, That with respect to the Fund, the authorities and conditions under this heading shall supplant the authorities and conditions provided under section 3535(f) of this title.
(Pub. L. 114–113, div. L, title II, Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2868.)
heading: References in Text
text: This heading, referred to in text, refers to the heading “working capital fund” of title II of div. L of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, Pub. L. 114–113, which is classified to this section.
The amounts made available in this title for salaries and expenses under the headings “Executive Offices”, “Administrative Support Offices”, “Program Office Salaries and Expenses”, and “Government National Mortgage Association”, referred to in text, refer to the amounts made available under those headings in title II of div. L of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, Pub. L. 114–113, which are not classified to the Code.
heading: Codification
text: Section was enacted as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, and not as part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act which comprises this chapter.
42 U.S.C. § 3545a (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 3545a. Notification of issuance of electronic notice of availability of assistance or funding to be competitively awarded for certain programs or discretionary funds
The Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall, for fiscal year 2014 and subsequent fiscal years, notify the public through the Federal Register and other means, as determined appropriate, of the issuance of a notice of the availability of assistance or notice of funding availability (NOFA) for any program or discretionary fund administered by the Secretary that is to be competitively awarded. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for fiscal year 2014 and subsequent fiscal years, the Secretary may make the NOFA available only on the Internet at the appropriate Government Web site or through other electronic media, as determined by the Secretary.
(Pub. L. 113–76, div. L, title II, § 226, Jan. 17, 2014, 128 Stat. 632.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was enacted as part of the appropriation act cited as the credit to this section, and not as part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act which comprises this chapter.
heading: Similar Provisions
text: Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following appropriation acts:
Pub. L. 114–113, div. L, title II, § 221, Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2893.
Pub. L. 113–235, div. K, title II, § 222, Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2754.
Pub. L. 112–55, div. C, title II, § 228, Nov. 18, 2011, 125 Stat. 701.
Pub. L. 111–117, div. A, title II, § 228, Dec. 16, 2009, 123 Stat. 3103.
Pub. L. 111–8, div. I, title II, § 233, Mar. 11, 2009, 123 Stat. 979.
42 U.S.C. § 4332a (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 4332a. Repealed. Pub. L. 114–94, div. A, title I, § 1304(j)(2), Dec. 4, 2015, 129 Stat. 1386
text: Section, Pub. L. 112–141, div. A, title I, § 1319, July 6, 2012, 126 Stat. 551, related to accelerated decisionmaking in environmental reviews.
heading: Effective Date of Repeal
text: Repeal effective Oct. 1, 2015, see section 1003 of Pub. L. 114–94, set out as an Effective Date of 2015 Amendment note under section 5313 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
42 U.S.C. § 6212 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 6212. Repealed. Pub. L. 114–113, div. O, title I, § 101(a), Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2987
text: Section, Pub. L. 94–163, title I, § 103, Dec. 22, 1975, 89 Stat. 877; Pub. L. 96–72, § 22(b)(1), Sept. 29, 1979, 93 Stat. 535, related to domestic use of energy supplies and related materials and equipment.
42 U.S.C. § 7278a (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 7278a. Availability of funds for energy and water development for multiyear contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements of $1,000,000 or less
Notwithstanding section 301(c) of this Act, none of the funds made available under the heading “Department of Energy—Energy Programs—Science” in this or any subsequent Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies appropriations Act for any fiscal year may be used for a multiyear contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or Other Transaction Agreement of $1,000,000 or less unless the contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or Other Transaction Agreement is funded for the full period of performance as anticipated at the time of award.
(Pub. L. 114–113, div. D, title III, § 306, Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2418.)
heading: References in Text
text: Section 301(c) of this Act, referred to in text, means section 301(c) of Pub. L. 114–113, div. D, title III, Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2416, which is not classified to the Code.
heading: Codification
text: Section was enacted as part of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, and also as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, and not as part of the Department of Energy Organization Act which comprises this chapter.
42 U.S.C. § 7383e (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 7383e. Repealed. Pub. L. 114–113, div. M, title VII, § 701(e), Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2930
text: Section, Pub. L. 106–65, div. C, title XXXI, § 3151, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 939, related to annual report by the President on espionage by the People’s Republic of China.
42 U.S.C. § 12755 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 12755. Tenant and participant protections
(a) Lease
The lease between a tenant and an owner of affordable housing assisted under this subchapter for rental shall be for not less than one year, unless by mutual agreement between the tenant and the owner, and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Secretary shall determine to be appropriate.
(b) Termination of tenancy
An owner shall not terminate the tenancy or refuse to renew the lease of a tenant of rental housing assisted under this subchapter except for serious or repeated violation of the terms and conditions of the lease, for violation of applicable Federal, State, or local law, or for other good cause. Any termination or refusal to renew must be preceded by not less than 30 days by the owner’s service upon the tenant of a written notice specifying the grounds for the action. Such 30-day waiting period is not required if the grounds for the termination or refusal to renew involve a direct threat to the safety of the tenants or employees of the housing, or an imminent and serious threat to the property (and the termination or refusal to renew is in accordance with the requirements of State or local law).
(c) Maintenance and replacement
The owner of rental housing assisted under this subchapter shall maintain the premises in compliance with all applicable housing quality standards and local code requirements.
(d) Tenant selection
The owner of rental housing assisted under this subchapter shall adopt written tenant selection policies and criteria that—
(1) are consistent with the purpose of providing housing for very low-income and low-income families,
(2) are reasonably related to program eligibility and the applicant’s ability to perform the obligations of the lease,
(3) give reasonable consideration to the housing needs of families that would have a preference under section 1437d(c)(4)(A) of this title, and
(4) provide for (A) the selection of tenants from a written waiting list in the chronological order of their application, insofar as is practicable, and (B) for 2 the prompt notification in writing of any rejected applicant of the grounds for any rejection.
(Pub. L. 101–625, title II, § 225, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4113; Pub. L. 114–113, div. L, title II, § 235, Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2896.)
heading: Amendments
text: 2015—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 114–113 inserted at end “Such 30-day waiting period is not required if the grounds for the termination or refusal to renew involve a direct threat to the safety of the tenants or employees of the housing, or an imminent and serious threat to the property (and the termination or refusal to renew is in accordance with the requirements of State or local law).”
43 U.S.C. § 507 (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 507. Construction for dam safety
Except as provided in section 509b of this title, construction authorized by this subchapter shall be for the purposes of dam safety and not for the specific purposes of providing additional conservation storage capacity or of developing benefits over and above those provided by the original dams and reservoirs. Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to reduce the amount of project costs allocated to reimbursable purposes heretofore authorized.
(Pub. L. 95–578, § 3, Nov. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2471; Pub. L. 114–113, div. D, title II, § 203(1), Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2406.)
heading: Amendments
text: 2015—Pub. L. 114–113 substituted “Except as provided in section 509b of this title, construction” for “Construction”.
43 U.S.C. § 509b (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 509b. Additional Project Benefits Through the Construction of New or Supplementary Works
Notwithstanding section 507 of this title, if the Secretary, in her judgment, determines that additional project benefits, including but not limited to additional conservation storage capacity, are necessary and in the interests of the United States and the project and are feasible and not inconsistent with the purposes of this subchapter, the Secretary is authorized to develop additional project benefits through the construction of new or supplementary works on a project in conjunction with the Secretary’s activities under section 506 of this title and subject to the conditions described in the feasibility study, provided a cost share agreement related to the additional project benefits is reached among non-Federal and Federal funding participants and the costs associated with developing the additional project benefits are allocated exclusively among beneficiaries of the additional project benefits and repaid consistent with all provisions of Federal Reclamation law (the Act of June 17, 1902, 43 U.S.C. 371 et seq.) and acts supplemental to and amendatory of that Act.
(Pub. L. 95–578, § 5B, as added Pub. L. 114–113, div. D, title II, § 203(2), Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2406.)
heading: References in Text
text: Act of June 17, 1902, referred to in text, is act June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388, popularly known as the Reclamation Act, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 371 of this title and Tables.
44 U.S.C. § 301 (PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS)
§ 301. Director of the Government Publishing Office: appointment
The President of the United States shall nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint a suitable person to take charge of and manage the Government Publishing Office. The title shall be Director of the Government Publishing Office.
(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1239; Pub. L. 92–310, title II, § 210(a)(1), (2), June 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 204; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(b), (c), (g), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537, 2538.)
heading: Historical and Revision Notes
text: Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 31 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 17, 28 Stat. 603; June 12, 1917, ch. 27, § 1, 40 Stat. 173; Feb. 20, 1923, ch. 98, 42 Stat. 1278; Mar. 4, 1925, ch. 549, § 1, 43 Stat. 1299; May 29, 1928, ch. 909, 45 Stat. 1006).
Changes are made in phraseology.
heading: Amendments
text: 2014—Pub. L. 113–235, § 1301(g), struck out “, who must be a practical printer and versed in the art of bookbinding,” after “suitable person” and substituted “The” for “His”.
Pub. L. 113–235, § 1301(c), substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer” in section catchline and text.
1972—Pub. L. 92–310 struck out “; bond” in section catchline, and provisions from text which required the Public Printer to give a bond in the sum of $25,000.
heading: Change of Name
text: Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(d), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537, provided that: “Any reference in any law other than in title 44, United States Code, or in any rule, regulation, certificate, directive, instruction, or other official paper in force on the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 16, 2014] to the Public Printer shall be considered to refer and apply to the Director of the Government Publishing Office.”
44 U.S.C. § 1323 (PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS)
§ 1323. Interstate Commerce Commission: report
In addition to the usual number of the annual report of the Interstate Commerce Commission, three thousand copies shall be printed: one thousand for the Senate, two thousand for the House, and for the use of the Commission that number of the report and other documents incident to interstate commerce for distribution by it as it considers expedient.
(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1269.)
heading: Historical and Revision Notes
text: Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 269 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 73, 28 Stat. 614).
heading: Abolition of Interstate Commerce Commission and Transfer of Functions
text: Interstate Commerce Commission abolished and functions of Commission transferred, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 104–88, to Surface Transportation Board effective Jan. 1, 1996, by section 1302 of Title 49, Transportation, and section 101 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as a note under section 1301 of Title 49. References to Interstate Commerce Commission deemed to refer to Surface Transportation Board, a member or employee of the Board, or Secretary of Transportation, as appropriate, see section 205 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as a note under section 1301 of Title 49.