Title 31 — Money and FinanceRelease 119-73
§1305 Miscellaneous permanent appropriations
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Summary
Provides money to cover 10 specific, ongoing payments without needing a new appropriation. It pays estates for U.S. citizens who die abroad to their legal representatives, interest on the public debt, court-awarded salvage payments, interest from James Smithson’s bequest for the Smithsonian, and required payments under contracts made under several housing and HUD laws, including the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, the Housing Act of 1949, the United States Housing Act of 1937, the Housing Act of 1950, the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, and sections 235 and 236 of the National Housing Act.
Full Legal Text
Title 31, §1305
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Necessary amounts are appropriated for the following:
(1)to pay the proceeds of the personal estate of a United States citizen dying abroad to the legal representative of the deceased on proper demand and proof.
(2)to pay interest on the public debt under laws authorizing payment.
(3)to pay proceeds from derelict and salvage cases adjudged by the courts of the United States to salvors.
(4)to make payments required under contracts made under section 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308) for the payment of interest on obligations guaranteed by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under section 108.
(5)to make payments required under contracts made under section 103(b) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1453(b)) for projects or programs for which amounts had been committed before January 1, 1975, and for which amounts have not been appropriated.
(6)to pay the interest on the fund derived from the bequest of James Smithson, for the construction of buildings and expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, at the rates determined under section 5590 of the Revised Statutes (20 U.S.C. 54).
(7)to make payments required under contracts made under section 5 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437c).
(8)to make payments required under contracts made under title IV of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1749 et seq.).
(9)to make payments required under contracts under section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701s).
(10)to make payments required under contracts under section 235 and 236, respectively, of the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1715z, 1715z–1).
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
1982 Act Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 130531:711(1)–(3), (11a)–(23).R.S. § 3689(less last 3 pars. on p. 725 related to redemption of stamps, debentures and other charges, and debentures and drawbacks, 2d par. on p. 726 related to repayment of excess of deposits, 3d–7th pars. on p. 726 related to refunding duties on goods destroyed, marine hospital establishment, refunding duties, refunding proceeds of goods seized and sold, and refunding proceeds of unclaimed merchandise); June 20, 1874, ch. 328, § 4(less words between 1st and 2d semicolons), 18 Stat. 109; Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 129, § 1(6th par. 3d sentence under heading “War Department”), 18 Stat. 359; June 19, 1878, ch. 329, § 1(par. immediately before heading “Office of the Attorney General”), 20 Stat. 205; May 26, 1908, ch. 198, § 1(last par. on p. 295), 35 Stat. 295; June 25, 1910, ch. 384, § 8(words before semicolon), 36 Stat. 773; Oct. 18, 1972, Pub. L. 92–500, § 12(p), 86 Stat. 902; Aug. 22, 1974, Pub. L. 93–383, §§ 108(i), 117(a), 88 Stat. 649, 653; Oct. 12, 1977, Pub. L. 95–128, § 108(2), 91 Stat. 1123. In the section, the words “out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated” and “and such appropriations shall be deemed permanent annual appropriations” are omitted as surplus. In clause (2), the text of section 4(words after 2d semicolon) of the Act of June 20, 1874 (ch. 328, 18 Stat. 109), is omitted as expired. The text of 31:711(3) is omitted as superseded by the source provisions restated in section 1322 of the revised title. The text of 31:711(11a) is omitted because the Environmental Financing Authority expired on June 30, 1975. The text of 31:711(12) is omitted as superseded by 31:725s(a)(1st proviso) and 31:725s(a)(59). The text of 31:711(13) is omitted as obsolete because provisions relating to horses and property lost in military service were repealed by section 1 of the Act of December 16, 1930 (ch. 14, 46 Stat. 1028), and section 3 of the Act of May 29, 1945 (ch. 135, 59 Stat. 225). The text of 31:711(14) is omitted as superseded by 31:240–243. The text of 31:711(16) is omitted as obsolete because of the repeal of the permanent appropriation for surveying within land grants (reimbursable) by 31:725(a) and (b)(13). The text of 31:711(17) is omitted as superseded by the repeal of the appropriation account “Five Percent Funds to States” by 31:725c(a) and (b)(34). The text of 31:711(18) is omitted as superseded by 31:725b(a) and (b)(8). The text of 31:711(19) is omitted as superseded by 31:725q(a) and (b)(14). The text of 31:711(20) is omitted as superseded by section 1(1st par. on p. 447) of the Act of March 3, 1875 (ch. 132, 18 Stat. 447), and section 1(last par. on p. 197) of the Act of August 15, 1876 (ch. 289, 19 Stat. 197). 1983 ActThis amends 31:1305(6) to conform to the Smithsonian Institution charter as amended by section 1 of the Act of June 22, 1982 (Pub. L. 97–199, 96 Stat. 121).
References in Text
section 103(b) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1453(b)), referred to in par. (5), was omitted from the Code pursuant to section 5316 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, which terminated the authority to make grants or loans under title I of that Act (42 U.S.C. 1450 et seq.) after Jan. 1, 1975. The Housing Act of 1950, referred to in par. (8), is act Apr. 20, 1950, ch. 94, 64 Stat. 48. Title IV of the Housing Act of 1950, which was classified generally to subchapter IX (§ 1749 et seq.) of chapter 13 of Title 12, Banks and Banking, was repealed by Pub. L. 99–498, title VII, § 702, Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1545. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title
of 1950 Amendment note set out under section 1701 of Title 12 and Tables. section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, referred to in par. (9), is section 101 of Pub. L. 89–117, title I, Aug. 10, 1965, 79 Stat. 451, which enacted section 1701s of Title 12, and amended section 1451 and 1465 of this title.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1984—Pars. (7) to (10). Pub. L. 98–371 added pars. (7) to (10). 1983—Par. (6). Pub. L. 97–452 substituted provisions relating to payment of the interest on the fund derived from the bequest of James Smithson, for the
Construction
of buildings and the expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, at rates determined under section 5590 of the Revised Statutes, for provisions relating to payment for
Construction
of buildings and expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, at 6 percent on the fund derived from the bequest of James Smithson.
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Citation
31 U.S.C. § 1305
Title 31 — Money and Finance
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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