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[CITE: 28USC527]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART II--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
                    CHAPTER 31--THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
 
Sec. 527. Establishment of working capital fund

    There is hereby authorized to be established a working capital fund 
for the Department of Justice, which shall be available, without fiscal 
year limitation, for expenses and equipment necessary for maintenance 
and operations of such administrative services as the Attorney General, 
with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget, determines may 
be performed more advantageously as central services. The capital of the 
fund shall consist of the amount of the fair and reasonable value of 
such inventories, equipment, and other assets and inventories on order 
pertaining to the services to be carried on by the fund as the Attorney 
General may transfer to the fund less related liabilities and unpaid 
obligations together with any appropriations made for the purpose of 
providing capital. The fund shall be reimbursed or credited with advance 
payments from applicable appropriations and funds of the Department of 
Justice, other Federal agencies, and other sources authorized by law for 
supplies, materials, and services at rates which will recover the 
expenses of operations including accrual of annual leave and 
depreciation of plant and equipment of the fund. The fund shall also be 
credited with other receipts from sale or exchange of property or in 
payment for loss or damage to property held by the fund. There shall be 
transferred into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts, as of the close 
of each fiscal year, any net income after making provisions for prior 
year losses, if any.

(Added Pub. L. 93-613, Sec. 1(1), Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1975.)


Crediting to Working Capital Fund of Amounts Collected Pursuant to Civil 
                  Debt Collection Litigation Activities

    Pub. L. 103-121, title I, Sec. 108, Oct. 27, 1993, 107 Stat. 1164, 
provided that: ``Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 or any other statute 
affecting the crediting of collections, the Attorney General may credit, 
as an offsetting collection, to the Department of Justice Working 
Capital Fund, for fiscal year 1994 and thereafter, up to three percent 
of all amounts collected pursuant to civil debt collection litigation 
activities of the Department of Justice. Such amounts in the Working 
Capital Fund shall remain available until expended and shall be subject 
to the terms and conditions of that fund, and shall be used only for 
paying the costs of processing and tracking such litigation.''


    Capital Equipment Acquisition, Etc., by Income Retained From or 
      Transferred to Working Capital Fund; Amounts and Limitations

    Pub. L. 102-140, title I, Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 784, provided 
that:
    ``Of the total income of the Working Capital Fund in fiscal year 
1992 and each fiscal year thereafter, not to exceed 4 percent of the 
total income may be retained, to remain available until expended, for 
the acquisition of capital equipment and for the improvement and 
implementation of the Department's financial management and payroll/
personnel systems: Provided, That in fiscal year 1992, not to exceed 
$4,000,000 of the total income retained shall be used for improvements 
to the Department's data processing operation: Provided further, That 
any proposed use of the retained income in fiscal year 1992 and 
thereafter, except for the $4,000,000 specified above, shall only be 
made after notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate in accordance with section 606 of this 
Act [105 Stat. 824].
    ``In addition, for fiscal year 1992 and thereafter, at no later than 
the end of the fifth fiscal year after the fiscal year for which funds 
are appropriated or otherwise made available, unobligated balances of 
appropriations available to the Department of Justice during such fiscal 
year may be transferred into the capital account of the Working Capital 
Fund to be available for the departmentwide acquisition of capital 
equipment, development and implementation of law enforcement or 
litigation related automated data processing systems, and for the 
improvement and implementation of the Department's financial management 
and payroll/personnel systems: Provided, That any proposed use of these 
transferred funds in fiscal year 1992 and thereafter shall only be made 
after notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate in accordance with section 606 of this 
Act.''
