Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§4715 Compliance with Congressional Budget Act

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 57— - UNITED STATES SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES › § 4715

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Agencies can only enter into contracts if a law has already provided the money to pay for them. A contract is valid only for the amount and under the limits that those funding laws allow.

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Title 22, §4715

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Any authority provided by this chapter to enter into contracts shall be effective only—

(1)to the extent that the budget authority for the obligation to make outlays, which is created by the contract, has been provided in advance by an appropriation Act; or

(2)to the extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts.

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The Congressional Budget Act, referred to in section catchline, probably means the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, titles I through IX of Pub. L. 93–344, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 297. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 621 of Title 2, The Congress, and Tables.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 4715

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73