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§12601a Transfer of funds; notice to Congress

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 129— - NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STATE GRANT PROGRAM › § 12601a

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Summary

From fiscal year 2009, in addition to other funds provided, unused grant money for the National Service Trust may be moved into the Trust with notice to Congressional Appropriations Committees, if the funds were first obligated before their availability ends and the transfer happens within five fiscal years after appropriation.

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Title 42, §12601a

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For fiscal year 2009 and thereafter, in addition to amounts otherwise provided to the National Service Trust, at no later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the fiscal year for which funds are appropriated or otherwise made available, unobligated balances of appropriations available for grants under the National Service Trust Program under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act [42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.] during such fiscal year may be transferred to the National Service Trust after notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, if such funds are initially obligated before the expiration of their period of availability.

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References in Text

The 1990 Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 101–610, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3127, known as the National and Community Service Act of 1990. Subtitle C of title I of the Act is classified generally to division C (§ 12571 et seq.) of this subchapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 12501 of this title and Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the appropriation act cited as the credit to this section, and not as part of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Similar ProvisionsSimilar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation act: Pub. L. 110–161, div. G, title IV, Dec. 26, 2007, 121 Stat. 2200.

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42 U.S.C. § 12601a

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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