Title 31 — Money and FinanceRelease 119-73
§1533 Transfers of appropriations for salaries and expenses to carry out national defense responsibilities
Title 31 › Subtitle SUBTITLE II— - THE BUDGET PROCESS › Chapter CHAPTER 15— - APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTING › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - TRANSFERS AND REIMBURSEMENTS › § 1533
Summary
Money an agency has for salaries and expenses can be used to carry out national defense duties the law gives it. The agency may move funds between its accounts or budget lines inside the agency to do that. An agency cannot get an extra allocation under this rule if it can already do the defense work with its regular staff by just rearranging its normal programs.
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Title 31, §1533
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An appropriation of an executive agency for salaries and expenses is available to carry out national defense responsibilities assigned to the agency under law. A transfer necessary to carry out this section may be made between appropriations or allocations within the executive agency. An allocation may not be made to an executive agency that can carry out with its regular personnel a defense activity assigned to it by using the authority of this section to realign its regular programs.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 153331:697.June 2, 1951, ch. 121, ch. XI(proviso immediately before heading “Independent Offices”), 65 Stat. 61. The words “executive agency” are substituted for “department, agency, or corporation, in the executive branch of the Government” because of section 102 of the revised title. The words “authority of this section” are substituted for “foregoing authority” for clarity.
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31 U.S.C. § 1533
Title 31 — Money and Finance
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73