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Code · U.S. Code · Title 31 - MONEY AND FINANCE · CHAPTER 15— APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTING · SUBCHAPTER III— TRANSFERS AND REIMBURSEMENTS · § 1531

§ 1531. Transfers of functions and activities

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(a)The balance of an appropriation available and necessary to finance or discharge a function or activity transferred or assigned under law within an executive agency or from one executive agency to another may be transferred to and used—
(1)by the organizational unit or agency to which the function or activity was transferred or assigned; and
(2)for a purpose for which the appropriation was originally available.
(b)The head of the executive agency determines the amount that, with the approval of the President, is necessary to be transferred when the transfer or assignment of the function or activity is within the agency. The President determines the amount necessary to be transferred when the transfer or assignment of the function or activity is from one executive agency to another.
(c)A balance transferred under this section is—
(1)credited to an applicable existing or new appropriation account;
(2)merged with the amount in an account to which the balance is credited; and
(3)with the amount with which the balance is merged, accounted for as one amount.
(d)New appropriation accounts may be established to carry out subsection (c)(1) of this section.
(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 932.)
In subsections
(a)and (b), the defined term “executive agency” in section 102 of the revised title is substituted for “department or establishment” for consistency and clarity.
In subsection (a), the words “organizational unit or agency” are substituted for “agency”, and the word “appropriation” is substituted for “said funds”, for consistency and clarity.
Subsection
(d)is substituted for “which are hereby authorized to be established” because of the restatement.
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  • Pub. L. 97–258
  • 96 Stat. 932
  • Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title XVI, § 1604
  • 103 Stat. 1598
  • Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title XI, § 1106(a)(1)
  • 107 Stat. 1750
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 97–258
Stat.96 Stat. 932
Pub. L.Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title XVI, § 1604
Stat.103 Stat. 1598
Pub. L.Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title XI, § 1106(a)(1)
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