TOPN: Anti-Deficiency Act

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What's in a popular name?

Laws acquire popular names as they make their way through Congress. Sometimes these names say something about the substance of the law (as with the '2002 Winter Olympic Commemorative Coin Act'). Sometimes they are a way of recognizing or honoring the sponsor or creator of a particular law (as with the 'Taft-Hartley Act'). And sometimes they are meant to garner political support for a law by giving it a catchy name (as with the 'USA Patriot Act' or the 'Take Pride in America Act') or by invoking public outrage or sympathy (as with any number of laws named for victims of crimes). History books, newspapers, and other sources use the popular name to refer to these laws. Why can't these popular names easily be found in the US Code?

How the US Code is built.

The United States Code is meant to be an organized, logical compilation of the laws passed by Congress. At its top level, it divides the world of legislation into fifty topically-organized Titles, and each Title is further subdivided into any number of logical subtopics. In theory, any law -- or individual provisions within any law -- passed by Congress should be classifiable into one or more slots in the framework of the Code. On the other hand, legislation often contains bundles of topically unrelated provisions that collectively respond to a particular public need or problem. A farm bill, for instance, might contain provisions that affect the tax status of farmers, their management of land or treatment of the environment, a system of price limits or supports, and so on. Each of these individual provisions would, logically, belong in a different place in the Code. (Of course, this isn't always the case; some legislation deals with a fairly narrow range of related concerns.)

The process of incorporating a newly-passed piece of legislation into the Code is known as "classification" -- essentially a process of deciding where in the logical organization of the Code the various parts of the particular law belong. Sometimes classification is easy; the law could be written with the Code in mind, and might specifically amend, extend, or repeal particular chunks of the existing Code, making it no great challenge to figure out how to classify its various parts. And as we said before, a particular law might be narrow in focus, making it both simple and sensible to move it wholesale into a particular slot in the Code. But this is not normally the case, and often different provisions of the law will logically belong in different, scattered locations in the Code. As a result, often the law will not be found in one place neatly identified by its popular name. Nor will a full-text search of the Code necessarily reveal where all the pieces have been scattered. Instead, those who classify laws into the Code typically leave a note explaining how a particular law has been classified into the Code. It is usually found in the Note section attached to a relevant section of the Code, usually under a paragraph identified as the "Short Title".

How the LII Table of Popular Names works.

Our Table of Popular Names is organized alphabetically by popular name. You'll find three types of link associated with each popular name (though each law may not have all three types). One, a reference to a Public Law number, is a link to the bill as it was originally passed by Congress, and will take you to the LRC THOMAS legislative system, or GPO FDSYS site. So-called "Short Title" links, and links to particular sections of the Code, will lead you to a textual roadmap (the section notes) describing how the particular law was incorporated into the Code. Finally, acts may be referred to by a different name, or may have been renamed, the links will take you to the appropriate listing in the table.

Anti-Deficiency Act

R.S.Sec 3679

Short title, see 31 U.S.C. note prec. 1341

Pub. L. 101-336

Classification

Pub. L. Section	Status	United States Code
		Title	Section	Authorizes
515		42	12213	49 CFR 37 38 39
514		42	12212	49 CFR 37 38 39
513	Rep.	29	706	10 CFR 4 28 CFR 41 42 32 CFR 56 38 CFR 18
512		42	12211	49 CFR 37 38 39
511		42	12210	49 CFR 37 38 39
510		42	12209	49 CFR 37 38 39
509		42	12208	49 CFR 37 38 39
508		42	12207	49 CFR 37 38 39
507		42	12206	49 CFR 37 38 39
506		42	12205a	28 CFR 35 36 49 CFR 37 38 39
505		42	12205	29 CFR 1630 49 CFR 37 38 39
504		42	12204	36 CFR 1191 1192 39 CFR 254 49 CFR 37 38 39
503		42	12203	49 CFR 37 38 39
502		42	12202	49 CFR 37 38 39
501		42	12201	49 CFR 37 38 39
402		47	611
401(b)(2)		47	221	47 CFR 36
401(b)(1)		47	152	15 CFR 79 47 CFR 1 6 7 9 20 30 36 51 52 53 64 67 76 78 79 80 97
310		42	12181 nt	49 CFR 37 38 39
401(a)		47	225	47 CFR 0 9 51 52 64 67
309		42	12189	49 CFR 37 38 39
308		42	12188	49 CFR 37 38 39
307		42	12187	49 CFR 37 38 39
306		42	12186	28 CFR 36 49 CFR 37 38 39
305		42	12185	49 CFR 37 38 39
304		42	12184	49 CFR 37 38 39
303		42	12183	49 CFR 37 38 39
302		42	12182	49 CFR 37 38 39
301		42	12181	49 CFR 37 38 39
246		42	12161 nt	49 CFR 37 38 39
245		42	12165	49 CFR 37 38 39
244		42	12164	49 CFR 37 38 39
243		42	12163	49 CFR 37 38 39
242		42	12162	49 CFR 37 38 39
241		42	12161	49 CFR 37 38 39
231		42	12141 nt	49 CFR 37 38 39
230		42	12150	49 CFR 37 38 39
229		42	12149	49 CFR 37 38 39
228		42	12148	49 CFR 37 38 39
227		42	12147	49 CFR 37 38 39
226		42	12146	49 CFR 37 38 39
225		42	12145	49 CFR 37 38 39
224		42	12144	49 CFR 37 38 39
223		42	12143	49 CFR 37 38 39
222		42	12142	49 CFR 37 38 39
221		42	12141	49 CFR 37 38 39
205		42	12131 nt	28 CFR 35 49 CFR 37 38 39
204		42	12134	28 CFR 35 49 CFR 37 38 39
203		42	12133	49 CFR 37 38 39
202		42	12132	49 CFR 37 38 39
201		42	12131	28 CFR 35 49 CFR 37 38 39
108		42	12111 nt	29 CFR 1601 49 CFR 37 38 39
107		42	12117	28 CFR 37 29 CFR 1601 1602 1640 1641 41 CFR 60-742 49 CFR 37 38 39
106		42	12116	29 CFR 1630 1695 49 CFR 37 38 39
105		42	12115	49 CFR 37 38 39
104		42	12114	49 CFR 37 38 39
103		42	12113	49 CFR 37 38 39
102		42	12112	49 CFR 37 38 39
101		42	12111	29 CFR 1601 49 CFR 37 38 39
4		42	12103	10 CFR 4 49 CFR 37 38 39
3		42	12102	10 CFR 4 49 CFR 37 38 39
2		42	12101	10 CFR 4 49 CFR 37 38 39
1(a)		42	12101 nt	10 CFR 4 49 CFR 37 38 39