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Code · U.S. Code · Title 31 - MONEY AND FINANCE · CHAPTER 13— APPROPRIATIONS · SUBCHAPTER I— GENERAL · § 1301

§ 1301. Application

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(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.)
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in section 6(last sentence) of the Act of March 3, 1919 (ch. 99, 40 Stat. 1309), are omitted because section 5 was repealed by section 3 of the Act of July 6, 1949 (ch. 299, 63 Stat. 407).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.
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  • Pub. L. 97–258
  • 96 Stat. 917
  • section 5 of the Act of June 20, 1874
  • 40 Stat. 1309
  • section 3 of the Act of July 6, 1949
  • 63 Stat. 407
  • 133 Stat. 3
  • 132 Stat. 1242
  • Pub. L. 98–359, § 1
  • 98 Stat. 402
  • Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(f) [title V, § 510]
  • 112 Stat. 2681–337
  • Pub. L. 106–31, title V, § 5005
  • 113 Stat. 111
  • Pub. L. 105–78, title V, § 511
  • 111 Stat. 1516
  • Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(e) [title V, § 509]
  • 110 Stat. 3009–233
  • Pub. L. 104–134, title I, § 101(d) [title V, § 509]
  • 110 Stat. 1321–211
  • Pub. L. 104–140, § 1(a)
  • 110 Stat. 1327
  • Pub. L. 103–333, title V, § 515
  • 108 Stat. 2574
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