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1997 U.S. Code
Title 41 - PUBLIC CONTRACTS
CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 12 - No contract to exceed appropriation

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 41 - PUBLIC CONTRACTS
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 41 - PUBLIC CONTRACTS
CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 12 - No contract to exceed appropriation
Containssection 12
Date1997
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 26, 1998
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditR.S. §3733.
Statutes at Large Reference15 Stat. 177

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§12. No contract to exceed appropriation

No contract shall be entered into for the erection, repair, or furnishing of any public building, or for any public improvement which shall bind the Government to pay a larger sum of money than the amount in the Treasury appropriated for the specific purpose.

(R.S. §3733.)

Codification

R.S. §3733 derived from act July 25, 1868, ch. 233, §3, 15 Stat. 177.

Cross References

Contracting officer paying larger amount than specific appropriation, punishment for, see section 435 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.

Foreign military personnel, furnishing facilities for training of without regard to this section, see section 2396 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

Making of contracts for public buildings on partial appropriations, see section 261 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.

Projects under Mexican treaties, authority to enter into contracts beyond amount appropriated, notwithstanding this section, see section 277d–3 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

Section inapplicable to lease-purchase contracts, see section 356 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in title 22 sections 277d–3, 2396; title 40 section 356.

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