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[USC02] 31 USC SUBTITLE II, CHAPTER 15, SUBCHAPTER I: GENERAL
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31 USC SUBTITLE II, CHAPTER 15, SUBCHAPTER I: GENERAL
From Title 31—MONEY AND FINANCESUBTITLE II—THE BUDGET PROCESSCHAPTER 15—APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTING
1501(a) 31:200(a). Aug. 26, 1954, ch. 935, §1311(a), (e), 68 Stat. 830, 831.
§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.
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.
In subsection (b), the words "balance of an appropriation or fund" are substituted for "unexpended funds" for clarity and consistency in the revised chapter.
Pub. L. 116–94, div. A, title V, §525, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2611, provided that: "Not later than 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter, beginning with the first month of fiscal year 2020, 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 report on the status of balances of appropriations: Provided, That for balances that are unobligated and uncommitted, committed, and obligated but unexpended, the monthly 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."
Pub. L. 115–245, div. B, title V, §525, Sept. 28, 2018, 132 Stat. 3122.
Pub. L. 115–141, div. H, title V, §526, Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 768.
Pub. L. 115–31, div. H, title V, §526, May 5, 2017, 131 Stat. 566.
Pub. L. 114–113, div. H, title V, §526, Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2653.
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.
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."
§1503. Comptroller General reports of amounts for which no accounting is made
The Comptroller General shall make a special report each year to Congress on recommendations for changes in laws, that the Comptroller General believes may be in the public interest, about amounts—
(1) for which no accounting is made to the Comptroller General; and
(2) that are in—
(A) accounts of the United States Government; or
(B) the custody of an officer or employee of the Government if the Government is financially concerned.
1503 31:725w. June 26, 1934, ch. 756, §24, 48 Stat. 1236; Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1076, §1(31), 68 Stat. 968.
The words "shall cause a survey to be made" are omitted as executed. The word "existing" is omitted as surplus.
For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions of law requiring submittal to Congress of any annual, semiannual, or other regular periodic report listed in House Document No. 103–7 (in which certain reporting requirements under this section are listed on page 9), see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, and section 1(a)(4) [div. A, §1402(1)] of Pub. L. 106–554, set out as notes under section 1113 of this title.