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[CITE: 31USC1301]

 
                       TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
 
                     SUBTITLE II--THE BUDGET PROCESS
 
                       CHAPTER 13--APPROPRIATIONS
 
                          SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL
 
Sec. 1301. Application

    (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.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised Section                   Source (U.S. Code)                
Source (Statutes at Large)
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1301(a)..............................  31:628.                         R.S. Sec
.  3678.
1301(b)..............................  31:717.                         Mar. 4, 
1915, ch. 147, Sec.  4, 38 Stat.
                                                                        1161.
1301(c)..............................  31:718.                         Aug. 24,
 1912, ch. 355, Sec.  7, 37 Stat.
                                                                        487; Ma
r. 3, 1919, ch. 99, Sec.  6(last
                                                                        sentenc
e), 40 Stat. 1309.
1301(d)..............................  31:627.                         June 30,
 1906, ch. 3914, Sec.  9, 34
                                                                        Stat. 7
64.
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    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.


                      Short Title of 1984 Amendment

    Pub. L. 98-359, Sec. 1, July 13, 1984, 98 Stat. 402, provided: 
``That this Act [amending section 1322 of this title] may be cited as 
the `Postal Savings System Statute of Limitations Act'.''


     Transfers From Appropriation Accounts; Salaries of Temporarily 
                          Reassigned Employees

    Pub. L. 105-277, div. A, Sec. 101(f) [title V, Sec. 510], Oct. 21, 
1998, 112 Stat. 2681-337, 2681-385, as amended by Pub. L. 106-31, title 
V, Sec. 5005(l), May 21, 1999, 113 Stat. 111, provided that: 
``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, hereafter--
        ``(1) no amount may be transferred from an appropriation account 
    for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
    Education except as authorized in this or any subsequent 
    appropriation Act, or in the Act establishing the program or 
    activity for which funds are contained in this Act [see Tables for 
    classification];
        ``(2) no department, agency, or other entity, other than the one 
    responsible for administering the program or activity for which an 
    appropriation is made in this Act, may exercise authority for the 
    timing of the obligation and expenditure of such appropriation, or 
    for the purpose for which it is obligated and expended, except to 
    the extent and in the manner otherwise provided in sections 1512 and 
    1513 of title 31, United States Code; and
        ``(3) no funds provided under this Act or subsequent Departments 
    of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies 
    Appropriations Acts shall be available for the salary (or any part 
    thereof) of an employee who is reassigned on a temporary detail 
    basis to another position in the employing agency or department or 
    in any other agency or department, unless the detail is 
    independently approved by the head of the employing department or 
    agency.''
    Similar provisions were contained in the following prior 
appropriation acts:
    Pub. L. 105-78, title V, Sec. 511, Nov. 13, 1997, 111 Stat. 1516.
    Pub. L. 104-208, div. A, title I, Sec. 101(e) [title V, Sec. 509], 
Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009-233, 3009-269.
    Pub. L. 104-134, title I, Sec. 101(d) [title V, Sec. 509], Apr. 26, 
1996, 110 Stat. 1321-211, 1321-244; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104-140, 
Sec. 1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327.
    Pub. L. 103-333, title V, Sec. 515, Sept. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 2574.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 10 section 2633; title 40 
section 481; title 42 section 9619.
