2017 US Code
Title 48 - Territories and Insular Possessions
Chapter 8A - Guam
Subchapter III - The Legislature
Sec. 1423j - Authorization of appropriations

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Citation 48 U.S.C. § 1423j (2017)
Section Name §1423j. Authorization of appropriations
Section Text

(a) Appropriations, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, and except such appropriations as shall be made from time to time by the Congress of the United States, shall be made by the legislature.

(b) If at the termination of any fiscal year the legislature shall have failed to pass appropriation bills providing for payments of the necessary current expenses of the government and meeting its legal obligations for the ensuing fiscal year, then the several sums appropriated in the last appropriation bills for the objects and purposes therein specified, so far as the same may be applicable, shall be deemed to be reappropriated, item by item.

(c) All appropriations made prior to August 1, 1950 shall be available to the government of Guam.

Source Credit

(Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, §20, 64 Stat. 389.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
CHAPTER 8A - GUAM
SUBCHAPTER III - THE LEGISLATURE
Sec. 1423j - Authorization of appropriations
Contains section 1423j
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law No
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Statutes at Large References 64 Stat. 389
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