31 USC Chapter 13 - APPROPRIATIONS | Title 31 - Money and Finance | U.S. Code

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Current through Pub. L. 112-283. (See Public Laws for the current Congress.)

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SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL Sec. 1301. Application. 1302. Determining amounts appropriated. 1303. Effect of changes in titles of appropriations. 1304. Judgments, awards, and compromise settlements. 1305. Miscellaneous permanent appropriations. 1306. Use of foreign credits. 1307. Public building construction. 1308. Telephone and metered services. 1309. Social security tax. 1310. Appropriations for private organizations. SUBCHAPTER II—TRUST FUNDS AND REFUNDS 1321. Trust funds. 1322. Payments of unclaimed trust fund amounts and refund of amounts erroneously deposited. 1323. Trust funds for certain fees, donations, quasi-public amounts, and unearned amounts. 1324. Refund of internal revenue collections. SUBCHAPTER III—LIMITATIONS, EXCEPTIONS, AND PENALTIES 1341. Limitations on expending and obligating amounts. 1342. Limitation on voluntary services. 1343. Buying and leasing passenger motor vehicles and aircraft. 1344. Passenger carrier use. 1345. Expenses of meetings. 1346. Commissions, councils, boards, and interagency and similar groups. 1347. Appropriations or authorizations required for agencies in existence for more than one year. 1348. Telephone installation and charges. 1349. Adverse personnel actions. 1350. Criminal penalty. 1351. Reports on violations. 1352. Limitation on use of appropriated funds to influence certain Federal contracting and financial transactions. 1353. Acceptance of travel and related expenses from non-Federal sources. 1354. Limitation on use of appropriated funds for contracts with entities not meeting veterans’ employment reporting requirements.

Amendments

1998—Pub. L. 105–339, § 7(b)(2),Oct. 31, 1998, 112 Stat. 3189, added item 1354.

1990—Pub. L. 101–280, § 4(b)(2),May 4, 1990, 104 Stat. 157, redesignated item 1352 “Acceptance of travel and related expenses from non-Federal sources” as 1353.

1989—Pub. L. 101–194, title III, § 302(b),Nov. 30, 1989, 103 Stat. 1746, added item 1352 “Acceptance of travel and related expenses from non-Federal sources”.

Pub. L. 101–121, title III, § 319(a)(2),Oct. 23, 1989, 103 Stat. 756, added item 1352 “Limitation on use of appropriated funds to influence certain Federal contracting and financial transactions”.

1986—Pub. L. 99–550, § 1(b),Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3070, substituted “Passenger carrier use” for “Passenger motor vehicle and aircraft use” in item 1344.

The table below lists the classification updates, since Jan. 3, 2012, for the contained sections. If there are multiple sections, they are presented in section number order (original document order).

The most recent Classification Table update that we have noticed was Friday, May 3, 2013

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Abbreviations used in the Description of Change column:

An empty field implies a standard amendment.
"new" means a new section or new note, or all new text of an existing section or note.
"nt" means note.
"nt [tbl]" means note [table].
"prec" means preceding.
"fr" means a transfer from another section.
"to" means a transfer to another section.
"omitted" means the section is omitted.
"repealed" means the section is repealed.
"nt ed change" and "ed change" - See the Editorial Classification Change Table [pdf].

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