31 U.S.C. § 1533 — Transfers of appropriations for salaries and expenses to carry out national defense responsibilities

submitted 44 years ago by Pub. L. 97-258 to r/title-31-MONEY-AND-FINANCE · 79 words · no verdicts yet

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An executive agency may use its salaries-and-expenses appropriation for legally assigned national-defense duties and transfer funds within the agency for that purpose. It may not use this authority to fund work its regular staff can perform by realigning existing programs.

An executive agency’s salaries-and-expenses appropriation may pay for national-defense responsibilities assigned to it by law. The agency may transfer money between its appropriations or allocations when needed for that work. It may not make an allocation to an executive agency that could perform an assigned defense activity with its regular personnel by realigning its regular programs.

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An appropriation of an executive agency for salaries and expenses is available to carry out national defense responsibilities assigned to the agency under law. A transfer necessary to carry out this section may be made between appropriations or allocations within the executive agency. An allocation may not be made to an executive agency that can carry out with its regular personnel a defense activity assigned to it by using the authority of this section to realign its regular programs.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 933.)

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1982Enacted · Pub. L. 97-258 · 96 Stat. 933

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