2015 US Code
Title 31 - Money and Finance (Sections 101 - 9705)
Subtitle II - The Budget Process (Sections 1101 - 1558)
Chapter 13 - Appropriations (Sections 1301 - 1354)
Subchapter III - Limitations, Exceptions, and Penalties (Sections 1341 - 1354)
Sec. 1341 - Limitations on expending and obligating amounts
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 31 - MONEY AND FINANCE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 31 - MONEY AND FINANCE SUBTITLE II - THE BUDGET PROCESS CHAPTER 13 - APPROPRIATIONS SUBCHAPTER III - LIMITATIONS, EXCEPTIONS, AND PENALTIES Sec. 1341 - Limitations on expending and obligating amounts |
| Contains | section 1341 |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 923; Pub. L. 101-508, title XIII, §13213(a), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388-621. |
| Statutes at Large References | 33 Stat. 1257 34 Stat. 48 37 Stat. 414 64 Stat. 765 96 Stat. 923 104 Stat. 1388-621 |
| Public and Private Laws | Public Law 97-258, Public Law 101-508 |
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(a)(1) An officer or employee of the United States Government or of the District of Columbia government may not—
(A) make or authorize an expenditure or obligation exceeding an amount available in an appropriation or fund for the expenditure or obligation;
(B) involve either government in a contract or obligation for the payment of money before an appropriation is made unless authorized by law;
(C) make or authorize an expenditure or obligation of funds required to be sequestered under section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985; or
(D) involve either government in a contract or obligation for the payment of money required to be sequestered under section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
(2) This subsection does not apply to a corporation getting amounts to make loans (except paid in capital amounts) without legal liability of the United States Government.
(b) An article to be used by an executive department in the District of Columbia that could be bought out of an appropriation made to a regular contingent fund of the department may not be bought out of another amount available for obligation.
(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 923; Pub. L. 101–508, title XIII, §13213(a), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388–621.)
| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 1341(a) | 31:665(a), (d)(2)(last sentence related to spending and obligations). | R.S. §3679(a), (d)(2)(last sentence related to spending and obligations); Mar. 3, 1905, ch. 1484, §4(1st par.), 33 Stat. 1257; Feb. 27, 1906, ch. 510, §3, 34 Stat. 48; restated Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, §1211, 64 Stat. 765. |
| 1341(b) | 31:669(words after semicolon). | Aug. 23, 1912, ch. 350, §6(words after semicolon), 37 Stat. 414. |
In subsection (b), the words "another amount available for obligation" are substituted for "any other fund" for consistency in the revised title.
REFERENCES IN TEXTSection 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, referred to in subsec. (a)(1)(C), (D), is classified to section 902 of Title 2, The Congress.
AMENDMENTS1990—Subsec. (a)(1)(C), (D). Pub. L. 101–508 added subpars. (C) and (D).
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