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[CITE: 49USC327]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                SUBTITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
                  CHAPTER 3--GENERAL DUTIES AND POWERS
 
                      SUBCHAPTER II--ADMINISTRATIVE
 
Sec. 327. Administrative working capital fund

    (a) The Department of Transportation has an administrative working 
capital fund. Amounts in the fund are available for expenses of 
operating and maintaining common administrative services the Secretary 
of Transportation decides are desirable for the efficiency and economy 
of the Department. The services may include--
        (1) a central supply service for stationery and other supplies 
    and equipment through which adequate stocks may be maintained to 
    meet the requirements of the Department;
        (2) central messenger, mail, telephone, and other communications 
    services;
        (3) office space;
        (4) central services for document reproduction, and for graphics 
    and visual aids; and
        (5) a central library service.

    (b) Amounts in the fund are available without regard to fiscal year 
limitation. Amounts may be appropriated to the fund.
    (c) The fund consists of--
        (1) amounts appropriated to the fund;
        (2) the reasonable value of stocks of supplies, equipment, and 
    other assets and inventories on order that the Secretary transfers 
    to the fund, less the related liabilities and unpaid obligations;
        (3) amounts received from the sale or exchange of property; and
        (4) payments received for loss or damage to property of the 
    fund.

    (d) The fund shall be reimbursed, in advance, from amounts available 
to the Department or from other sources, for supplies and services at 
rates that will approximate the expenses of operation, including the 
accrual of annual leave and the depreciation of equipment. Amounts in 
the fund, in excess of amounts transferred or appropriated to maintain 
the fund, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
All assets, liabilities, and prior losses are considered in determining 
the amount of the excess.

(Pub. L. 97-449, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2425.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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327(a)................................  49:1657(j) (1st sentence less    Oct. 1
5, 1966, Pub. L. 89-670, Sec.
                                         11th-17th words).                9(j),
 80 Stat. 945.
327(b)................................  49:1657(j) (1st sentence 11th-
                                         17th words, 2d sentence, 18th-
                                         22d words).
327(c)................................  49:1657(j) (2d sentence less
                                         18th-22d words, 4th sentence).
327(d)................................  49:1657(j) (less 1st, 2d, 4th
                                         sentences).
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    In subsection (a), the words ``Department of Transportation has'' 
are substituted for ``Secretary is authorized to establish'' because the 
working capital fund has been established. The words ``administrative'' 
before ``working'' and ``Amounts in the fund are available'' are added 
for clarity. The words ``the Secretary of Transportation decides are'' 
are substituted for ``as he shall find to be'' for clarity. The words 
``desirable for the economy'' are substituted for ``desirable in the 
interest of economy'' to eliminate unnecessary words. The words ``such 
services as'' before ``a central supply service'' and ``in whole or in 
part'' before ``the requirements of the Department'' are omitted as 
surplus. The words ``the requirements of the Department'' are 
substituted for ``the requirements of the Department and its agencies'' 
because they are inclusive.
    In subsection (b), the words ``Amounts in the fund'' are added for 
clarity. The words ``Amounts may be appropriated to the fund'' are 
substituted for ``(which appropriations are hereby authorized)'' for 
clarity.
    In subsection (c), the words ``The fund consists of'' are 
substituted for ``The capital of the fund shall consist of'' and ``The 
fund shall also be credited with'' for clarity. The word ``reasonable'' 
is substituted for ``fair and reasonable'' because it is inclusive. The 
words ``amounts appropriated to the fund'' are substituted for ``of any 
appropriations made for the purpose of providing capital'' for clarity. 
The words ``amounts received from the sale'' are substituted for 
``receipts from the sale'', and the words ``payments received for loss'' 
are substituted for ``receipts in payment for'', as being more precise.
    In subsection (d), the words ``agencies and offices in'' after 
``available funds of'' are omitted because they are included in 
``Department''. The words ``Amounts in the fund, in excess of amounts'' 
are added for clarity. The words ``any surplus found in the fund . . . 
above the'' after ``miscellaneous receipts'' are omitted because of the 
restatement of this section. The words ``to establish and'' before 
``maintain'' are omitted because the working capital fund has been 
established. The words ``deposited in the Treasury'' are substituted for 
``covered into the United States Treasury'' for consistency. The words 
``are . . . in determining the amount of the excess'' are added for 
clarity.
