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2021 U.S. Code
Title 31 - Money and Finance
Subtitle II - The Budget Process
Chapter 13 - Appropriations
Subchapter II - Trust Funds and Refunds
Sec. 1323 - Trust funds for certain fees, donations, quasi-public amounts, and unearned amounts

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Citation 31 U.S.C. § 1323 (2021)
Section Name §1323. Trust funds for certain fees, donations, quasi-public amounts, and unearned amounts
Section Text

(a) Amounts from the following sources held in checking accounts of disbursing officials shall be deposited in the Treasury to the appropriate trust fund receipt accounts:

(1) unearned money, lands (Department of the Interior).

(2) reentry permit fees (Department of Justice).

(3) naturalization fees (Department of Justice).

(4) registry fees (Department of Justice).


(b) Amounts deposited under subsection (a) of this section are appropriated for refunds. Earned parts of those amounts shall be transferred and credited to the appropriate receipt fund accounts.

(c) Donations, quasi-public amounts, and unearned amounts shall be deposited in the Treasury as trust funds and are appropriated for disbursement under the terms of the trusts when the donation or amount is—

(1) administered by officers and employees of the United States Government; and

(2) carried in checking accounts of disbursing officials or others required to account to the Comptroller General (except clerks and marshals of the United States district courts).

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 922.)

Editorial Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
1323(a), (b) 31:725r(less proviso). June 26, 1934, ch. 756, §19, 48 Stat. 1232; Dec. 21, 1944, ch. 631, §2, 58 Stat. 845.
1323(c) 31:725r(proviso).

In subsection (a), before clause (1), the words "Effective July 1, 1935" are omitted as executed. In clauses (2)–(4), the words "Department of Justice" are substituted for "Labor Department" (subsequently changed to "Justice Department" because of Reorganization Plan No. 5 of 1940 (eff. June 14, 1940, 54 Stat. 1238)) for consistency with title 28.

The words related to Patent Office (subsequently changed to Patent and Trademark Office because of section 3 of the Act of January 2, 1975 (Pub. L. 93–596, 88 Stat. 1949)), are omitted as superseded by 35:42.

In subsection (c), the words "officers and employees of the United States Government" are substituted for "officers of the United States by virtue of their official capacity" for consistency and to eliminate unnecessary words.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 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 II - TRUST FUNDS AND REFUNDS
Sec. 1323 - Trust funds for certain fees, donations, quasi-public amounts, and unearned amounts
Contains section 1323
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 48 Stat. 1232
54 Stat. 1238
58 Stat. 845
88 Stat. 1949
96 Stat. 922
Public Law References Public Law 93-596, Public Law 97-258
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