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[CITE: 31USC1348]

 
                       TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
 
                     SUBTITLE II--THE BUDGET PROCESS
 
                       CHAPTER 13--APPROPRIATIONS
 
         SUBCHAPTER III--LIMITATIONS, EXCEPTIONS, AND PENALTIES
 
Sec. 1348. Telephone installation and charges

    (a)(1) Except as provided in this section, appropriations are not 
available to install telephones in private residences or for tolls or 
other charges for telephone service from private residences.
    (2) Under regulations of the Secretary of State, appropriations may 
be used to install and pay for the use of telephones in residences owned 
or leased by the United States Government in foreign countries for the 
use of the Foreign Service.
    (b) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army on 
recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, not more than $30,000 may be 
expended each fiscal year to install and use in private residences 
telephones required for official business in constructing and operating 
locks and dams for navigation, flood control, and related water uses.
    (c) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, funds 
appropriated to the Department of Defense are available to install, 
repair, and maintain telephone wiring in residences owned or leased by 
the United States Government and, if necessary for national defense 
purposes, in other private residences.

(Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 926; Pub. L. 98-407, title 
VIII, Sec. 811(a), Aug. 28, 1984, 98 Stat. 1523; Pub. L. 104-201, div. 
A, title XVII, Sec. 1721, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2758.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised Section                   Source (U.S. Code)                
Source (Statutes at Large)
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1348(a)(1)...........................  31:679(words before 2d comma).  Aug. 23,
 1912, ch. 350, Sec.  7(less
                                                                        proviso
), 37 Stat. 414.
1348(a)(2)...........................  31:679(proviso).                Aug. 23,
 1912, ch. 350, 37 Stat. 360,
                                                                        Sec.  7
(proviso); added Apr. 30, 1940,
                                                                        ch. 175
, 54 Stat. 175.
1348(b)..............................  31:679(words between 2d comma
                                        and proviso).
                                       31:680a.                        May 10, 
1939, ch. 119, Sec.  4, 53 Stat.
                                                                        738.
1348(c)..............................  31:680.                         Sept. 22
, 1922, ch. 427, Sec.  7, 42
                                                                        Stat. 1
042; May 17, 1950, ch. 188, Sec.
                                                                        203, 64
 Stat. 170; restated June 28,
                                                                        1955, c
h. 198, 69 Stat. 188.
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    In subsection (a)(1), the words ``or private apartment'' are omitted 
as being included in ``private residences''.
    In subsection (a)(2), the word ``appropriations'' is substituted for 
``Government funds'', and the word ``calls'' is substituted for 
``tolls'', for consistency. The word ``official'' is omitted as surplus.
    In subsection (b), the words ``On and after May 10, 1939'' in 
31:680a are omitted as executed. The word ``agency'' is substituted for 
``executive department, establishment, or agency'' for clarity and 
because of section 101 of the revised title. The words ``official 
business'' are substituted for ``public business'' in 31:679 and 
``transaction of public business which the interests of the Government 
require to be so transacted'' in 31:680a to eliminate unnecessary words. 
The words ``division, bureau, or office'' in 31:679 are omitted as being 
included in ``agency''. The words ``or such subordinates as he may 
specially designate'' in 31:680a are omitted as surplus.
    In subsection (c), the words ``On and after September 22, 1922 the 
provisions of section 679 of this title, or any other law prohibiting 
the expenditure of public money . . . shall not be construed to apply to 
or forbid'' are omitted as unnecessary because of the restatement.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 1721(1), struck out at 
end ``Subsection (b) of this section applies to long-distance calls made 
on those telephones.''
    Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 1721(2), (3), 
redesignated subsecs. (c) and (d) as (b) and (c), respectively, and 
struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: ``Appropriations of 
an agency are available to pay charges for a long-distance call if 
required for official business and the voucher to pay for the call is 
sworn to by the head of the agency. Appropriations of an executive 
agency are available only if the head of the agency also certifies that 
the call is necessary in the interest of the Government.''
    1984--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 98-407 added subsec. (d).


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 104-201 effective 180 days after Sept. 23, 
1996, see section 1725(a) of Pub. L. 104-201, set out as a note under 
section 5722 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.


                    Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

    Section 811(b) of Pub. L. 98-407 provided that: ``The amendment made 
by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall be effective as of 
January 1, 1984. Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense may be 
used to reimburse persons for expenditures made after December 31, 1983, 
for the installation, repair, and maintenance of telephone wiring in any 
Government-owned or leased housing unit before the date of the enactment 
of this Act [Aug. 28, 1984].''


                  Employees Authorized To Work at Home

    Pub. L. 104-52, title VI, Sec. 620, Nov. 19, 1995, 109 Stat. 501, 
provided that: ``Notwithstanding any provisions of this or any other 
Act, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and hereafter, 
any department, division, bureau, or office may use funds appropriated 
by this or any other Act to install telephone lines, and necessary 
equipment, and to pay monthly charges, in any private residence or 
private apartment of an employee who has been authorized to work at home 
in accordance with guidelines issued by the Office of Personnel 
Management: Provided, That the head of the department, division, bureau, 
or office certifies that adequate safeguards against private misuse 
exist, and that the service is necessary for direct support of the 
agency's mission.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 10 section 1588; title 16 
section 580f; title 22 section 287e.
