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[CITE: 31USC1346]

 
                       TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
 
                     SUBTITLE II--THE BUDGET PROCESS
 
                       CHAPTER 13--APPROPRIATIONS
 
         SUBCHAPTER III--LIMITATIONS, EXCEPTIONS, AND PENALTIES
 
Sec. 1346. Commissions, councils, boards, and interagency and 
        similar groups
        
    (a) Except as provided in this section--
        (1) public money and appropriations are not available to pay--
            (A) the pay or expenses of a commission, council, board, or 
        similar group, or a member of that group;
            (B) expenses related to the work or the results of work or 
        action of that group; or
            (C) for the detail or cost of personal services of an 
        officer or employee from an executive agency in connection with 
        that group; and

        (2) an accounting or disbursing official, absent a special 
    appropriation to pay the account or charge, may not allow or pay an 
    account or charge related to that group.

    (b) Appropriations of an executive agency are available for the 
expenses of an interagency group conducting activities of interest 
common to executive agencies when the group includes a representative of 
the agency. The representatives receive no additional pay because of 
membership in the group. An officer or employee of an executive agency 
not a representative of the group may not receive additional pay for 
providing services for the group.
    (c) Subject to section 1347 of this title, this section does not 
apply to--
        (1) commissions, councils, boards, or similar groups authorized 
    by law;
        (2) courts-martial or courts of inquiry of the armed forces; or
        (3) the contingent fund related to foreign relations at the 
    disposal of the President.

(Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 925.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised Section                   Source (U.S. Code)                
Source (Statutes at Large)
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1346(a)..............................  31:672(1st sentence less words  R.S. Sec
.  3681.
                                        between 4th and 5th commas).
                                       31:673(less words between 11th  Mar. 4, 
1909, ch. 299, Sec.  9, 35 Stat.
                                        comma and semicolon).           1027.
1346(b)..............................  31:691.                         May 3, 1
945, ch. 106, Sec.  214, 59 Stat.
                                                                        134.
1346(c)..............................  31:672(1st sentence words
                                        between 4th and 5th commas),
                                        (last sentence).
                                       31:673(words between 11th
                                        comma and semicolon).
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    In the section, the words ``executive agency'' are substituted for 
``any executive department or other Government establishment'' for 
clarity and because of section 102 of the revised title.
    In subsection (a)(1), before subclause (A), the words ``made by 
Congress'' are omitted as surplus. In subclause (C), the words ``the 
detail or cost of personal services of an officer'' are substituted for 
``by detail, hereafter or heretofore made, or otherwise personal 
services'' to eliminate unnecessary words and for clarity.
    In subsection (a)(2), the words ``of the Government'' are omitted as 
surplus. The words ``absent a special appropriation'' are substituted 
for ``until special appropriations shall have been made by law'' to 
eliminate unnecessary words.
    In subsection (b), the words ``On or after May 3, 1945'' are omitted 
as executed. The words ``interagency group'' are substituted for 
``committees, boards, or other interagency groups'' to eliminate 
unnecessary words. The words ``includes a representative of the agency'' 
are substituted for ``composed in whole or in part of representatives 
thereof'' for clarity.
    In subsection (c)(1), the words ``authorized by law'' are 
substituted for ``unless the creation . . . shall be or shall have been 
authorized by law'' to eliminate unnecessary words.
    In subsection (c)(2), the words ``armed forces'' are substituted for 
``military or naval service of the United States'' for consistency.
    Subsection (c)(3) is substituted for the last sentence of 31:672 to 
eliminate unnecessary words.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 15 section 1128; title 22 
sections 2396, 2456, 2514.
