31 U.S.C. § 1555 Closing of Appropriation Accounts Available For Indefinite Periods

• Library: United States Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-34 (published on www.congress.gov on 12/26/2023), except for [P. L. 118-31]
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 31 U.S.C. § 1555

An appropriation account available for obligation for an indefinite period shall be closed, and any remaining balance (whether obligated or unobligated) in that account shall be canceled and thereafter shall not be available for obligation or expenditure for any purpose, if-

(1) the head of the agency concerned or the President determines that the purposes for which the appropriation was made have been carried out; and

(2) no disbursement has been made against the appropriation for two consecutive fiscal years.

Cite as 31 U.S.C. § 1555

Source: Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 937; Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title XIV, §1405(a)(1), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1678.

Notes from the Office of Law Revision Counsel

current through 8/1/2023

<TABLE> <TR><TD colspan="3">HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Revised Section</TD> <TD>Source (U.S. Code)</TD> <TD>Source (Statutes at Large)</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>1555(a)</TD> <TD>31:706(less proviso).</TD> <TD>July 25, 1956, ch. 727, §6, 70 Stat. 649.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>1555(b)</TD> <TD>31:706(proviso).</TD> <TD/> </TR> </TABLE>

In subsection (a), the words "indefinite period" are substituted for "not limited to a definite period of time" for consistency in the revised title. The words "consecutive fiscal years" are substituted for "full consecutive fiscal years" to eliminate an unnecessary word.