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Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73

§8478 Mixed-funded athletic and recreational extracurricular programs: authority to manage appropriated funds in same manner as nonappropriated funds

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle C— - Navy and Marine Corps › Part PART III— - EDUCATION AND TRAINING › Chapter CHAPTER 853— - UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY › § 8478

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Navy may treat Navy appropriated money for certain Naval Academy athletic or recreational extracurricular programs as if it were nonappropriated funds. That money can then be spent under the rules that apply to nonappropriated funds and will stay available until it is used. The defined term means a Naval Academy athletic or recreational extracurricular program that (1) is not a morale, welfare, or recreation (MWR) program, (2) gets appropriated funding, (3) also gets support from a nonappropriated fund instrumentality, and (4) is not a private organization and is not run by one.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §8478

Armed Forces — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In the case of a Naval Academy mixed-funded athletic or recreational extracurricular program, the Secretary of the Navy may designate funds appropriated to the Department of the Navy and available for that program to be treated as nonappropriated funds and expended for that program in accordance with laws applicable to the expenditure of nonappropriated funds. Appropriated funds so designated shall be considered to be nonappropriated funds for all purposes and shall remain available until expended.
(b)In this section, the term “Naval Academy mixed-funded athletic or recreational extracurricular program” means an athletic or recreational extracurricular program of the Naval Academy to which each of the following applies:
(1)The program is not considered a morale, welfare, or recreation program.
(2)The program is supported through appropriated funds.
(3)The program is supported by a nonappropriated fund instrumentality.
(4)The program is not a private organization and is not operated by a private organization.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6978 of this title as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of

Amendments

and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

Effective Date

Section applicable only with respect to funds appropriated for fiscal years after fiscal year 2004, see section 544(d) of Pub. L. 108–375, set out as a note under section 7459 of this title.

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Citations & Metadata

Citation

10 U.S.C. § 8478

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73