Title 15Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73

§1526 Receipts for work or services; deposit in special accounts; availability for payment of costs, repayment or advances to appropriations or funds, refunds, credits to working capital funds; appropriation limitation of annual expenditures from accounts

Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 40— - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE › § 1526

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

All payments for work under this Act must go into one or more separate accounts. Those accounts can pay the work’s costs, repay or advance funds that first covered those costs, or refund extra money. If the Commerce Department has an available working capital fund, money may be put there and used under that fund’s rules. Laws that give money to the Commerce Department can set yearly spending limits on these accounts.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §1526

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All payments for work or services performed or to be performed under this Act shall be deposited in a separate account or accounts which may be used to pay directly the costs of such work or services, to repay or make advances to appropriations or funds which do or will initially bear all or part of such costs, or to refund excess sums when necessary: Provided, That said receipts may be credited to a working capital fund otherwise established by law, and used under the law governing said funds, if the fund is available for use by the agency of the Department of Commerce which is responsible for performing the work or services for which payment is received. Acts appropriating funds to the Department of Commerce may include provisions limiting annual expenditure from said account or accounts.

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References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, means Pub. L. 91–412, which enacted sections 1525 to 1527, amended section 1153, and repealed section 189, 189a, 192, 192a, 1153a, and 1520 of this title.

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15 U.S.C. § 1526

Title 15Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73