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[CITE: 31USC1515]

 
                       TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
 
                     SUBTITLE II--THE BUDGET PROCESS
 
                  CHAPTER 15--APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTING
 
                      SUBCHAPTER II--APPORTIONMENT
 
Sec. 1515. Authorized apportionments necessitating deficiency or 
        supplemental appropriations
        
    (a) An appropriation required to be apportioned under section 1512 
of this title may be apportioned on a basis that indicates the need for 
a deficiency or supplemental appropriation to the extent necessary to 
permit payment of such pay increases as may be granted pursuant to law 
to civilian officers and employees (including prevailing rate employees 
whose pay is fixed and adjusted under subchapter IV of chapter 53 of 
title 5) and to retired and active military personnel.
    (b)(1) Except as provided in subsection (a) of this section, an 
official may make, and the head of an executive agency may request, an 
apportionment under section 1512 of this title that would indicate a 
necessity for a deficiency or supplemental appropriation only when the 
official or agency head decides that the action is required because of--
        (A) a law enacted after submission to Congress of the estimates 
    for an appropriation that requires an expenditure beyond 
    administrative control; or
        (B) an emergency involving the safety of human life, the 
    protection of property, or the immediate welfare of individuals when 
    an appropriation that would allow the United States Government to 
    pay, or contribute to, amounts required to be paid to individuals in 
    specific amounts fixed by law or under formulas prescribed by law, 
    is insufficient.

    (2) If an official making an apportionment decides that an 
apportionment would indicate a necessity for a deficiency or 
supplemental appropriation, the official shall submit immediately a 
detailed report of the facts to Congress. The report shall be referred 
to in submitting a proposed deficiency or supplemental appropriation.

(Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 931; Pub. L. 100-202, 
Sec. 105, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329-433.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised Section                   Source (U.S. Code)                
Source (Statutes at Large)
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1515(a)..............................  31:665a.                        June 5, 
1957, Pub. L. 85-48, Sec.  210,
                                                                        71 Stat
. 55.
1515(b)(1)...........................  31:665(e)(1).                   R.S. Sec
.  3679(e)(1); Mar. 3, 1905, ch.
                                                                        1484, S
ec.  4(1st par.), 33 Stat. 1257;
                                                                        Feb. 27
, 1906, ch. 510, Sec.  3, 34
                                                                        Stat. 4
8; Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, Sec.
                                                                        1211, 6
4 Stat. 767; restated Aug. 28,
                                                                        1957, P
ub. L. 85-170, Sec.  1401, 71
                                                                        Stat. 4
40.
1515(b)(2)...........................  31:665(e)(2).                   R.S. Sec
.  3679(e)(2); Mar. 3, 1905, ch.
                                                                        1484, S
ec.  4(1st par.), 33 Stat. 1257;
                                                                        Feb. 27
, 1906, ch. 510, Sec.  3, 34
                                                                        Stat. 4
8; restated Sept. 6, 1950, ch.
                                                                        896, Se
c.  1211, 64 Stat. 767.
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    In subsection (a), the words ``On and after June 5, 1957'' are 
omitted as executed. The words ``deficiency or supplemental 
appropriation'' are substituted for ``supplemental or deficiency 
estimate of appropriation'' for consistency with chapter 11 of the 
revised title. The words ``prevailing rate employees whose pay is fixed 
and adjusted under subchapter IV of chapter 53 of title 5'' are 
substituted for ``those employees (commonly known as wage-board 
employees) whose compensation is fixed and adjusted from time to time in 
accordance with prevailing rates (5 U.S.C. 5102(c)(7), 5341 et seq.)'' 
for consistency with title 5.
    In subsection (b), the word ``apportionment'' is substituted for 
``apportionment or reapportionment'' because of section 1512(a)(last 
sentence) of the revised title.
    In subsection (b)(1), before clause (A), the words ``Except as 
provided in subsection (a) of this section'' are added because of the 
restatement. The word ``appropriation'' is substituted for ``estimate'' 
for consistency in the revised section. The words ``is insufficient'' 
are added for clarity.
    In subsection (b)(2), the words ``proposed deficiency or 
supplemental appropriation'' are substituted for ``deficiency or 
supplemental estimates'' for consistency with chapter 11 of the revised 
title.


                               Amendments

    1987--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100-202 added subsec. (a) and struck out 
former subsec. (a) which read as follows: ``An appropriation required to 
be apportioned under section 1512 of this title may be apportioned on a 
basis that indicates a necessity for a deficiency or supplemental 
appropriation to the extent necessary to permit payment of pay increases 
for prevailing rate employees whose pay is fixed and adjusted under 
subchapter IV of chapter 53 of title 5.''
