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[CITE: 38USC313]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                       PART I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
                CHAPTER 3--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
Sec. 313. Availability of appropriations

    (a) Funds appropriated to the Department may remain available until 
expended.
    (b) Funds appropriated to the Department may not be used for a 
settlement of more than $1,000,000 on a construction contract unless--
        (1) the settlement is audited by an entity outside the 
    Department for reasonableness and appropriateness of expenditures; 
    and
        (2) the settlement is provided for specifically in an 
    appropriation law.

(Added Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 2(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 383.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Prior section 313 was renumbered section 1113 of this title.
    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 203 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 2(a).
