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Code · U.S. Code · Title 10 - ARMED FORCES · CHAPTER 3— GENERAL POWERS AND FUNCTIONS · § 126

§ 126. Transfer of funds and employees

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(a)When a function, power, or duty or an activity of a department or agency of the Department of Defense is transferred or assigned to another department or agency of that department, balances of appropriations that the Secretary of Defense determines are available and needed to finance or discharge that function, power, duty, or activity, as the case may be, may, with the approval of the President, be transferred to the department or agency to which that function, power, duty or activity, as the case may be, is transferred, and used for any purpose for which those appropriations were originally available. Balances of appropriations so transferred shall—
(1)be credited to any applicable appropriation account of the receiving department or agency; or
(2)be credited to a new account that may be established on the books of the Department of the Treasury;
and be merged with the funds already credited to that account and accounted for as one fund. Balances of appropriations credited to an account under clause
(1)are subject only to such limitations as are specifically applicable to that account. Balances of appropriations credited to an account under clause
(2)are subject only to such limitations as are applicable to the appropriations from which they are transferred.
(b)When a function, power, or duty or an activity of a department or agency of the Department of Defense is transferred to another department or agency of that department, those civilian employees of the department or agency from which the transfer is made that the Secretary of Defense determines are needed to perform that function, power, or duty, or for that activity, as the case may be, may, with the approval of the President, be transferred to the department or agency to which that function, power, duty, or activity, as the case may be, is transferred. The authorized strength in civilian employees of a department or agency from which employees are transferred under this section is reduced by the number of employees so transferred. The authorized strength in civilian employees of a department or agency to which employees are transferred under this section is increased by the number of employees so transferred.
(Added Pub. L. 87–651, title II, § 201(a), Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 516; amended Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 511(2), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2920.)
In subsection (a), the words “under authority of law” are omitted as surplusage. The following substitutions are made: “needed” for “necessary”; “used” for “be available for use by”; and “those appropriations” for “said funds”.
In subsection (b), 5 U.S.C. 172f(b) is restated to reflect more clearly its purpose to authorize “transfers of personnel” (Senate Report No. 366, 81st Congress, p. 23).
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  • Pub. L. 87–651, title II, § 201(a)
  • 76 Stat. 516
  • Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 511(2)
  • 94 Stat. 2920
  • 5 U.S.C. 172f(b)
  • Pub. L. 96–513
  • section 701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96–513
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§ 126
Transfer of funds and employees
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 87–651, title II, § 201(a)
Stat.76 Stat. 516
Pub. L.Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 511(2)
Stat.94 Stat. 2920
Cite5 U.S.C. 172f(b)
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