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§3513 Working capital fund; establishment; amount; use; reimbursement

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 43— - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 3513

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates a working capital fund that has no yearly time limit to pay for seven central services, such as reproduction, visual exhibits, supplies and equipment, tabulating, telephone/mail/messenger, accounting and payroll, and laborers. Any supplies or equipment already on hand or ordered must be used to start the fund. Agencies that use the services must pay in advance from their budgets at rates set to cover all operating costs, including money set aside for earned annual leave and for equipment depreciation.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §3513

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There is established a working capital fund, to be available without fiscal year limitation, for expenses necessary for the maintenance and operation of (1) a central reproduction service; (2) a central visual exhibit service; (3) a central supply service for supplies and equipment for which adequate stocks may be maintained to meet in whole or in part the requirements of the Department; (4) a central tabulating service; (5) telephone, mail, and messenger services; (6) a central accounting and payroll service; and (7) a central laborers’ service: Provided, That any stocks of supplies and equipment on hand or on order shall be used to capitalize such fund: Provided further, That such fund shall be reimbursed in advance from funds available to bureaus, offices, and agencies for which such centralized services are performed at rates which will return in full all expenses of operation, including reserves for accrued annual leave and depreciation of equipment.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of title II of act July 5, 1952, popularly known as the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1953. Section was formerly classified to section 905 of this title.

Amendments

1960—Pub. L. 86–703 made fund available for maintenance and operation of a central visual exhibit service, telephone, mail and messenger services, a central accounting and payroll service, and a central laborers’ service.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“Secretary of Health and Human Services” and “Department of Health and Human Services” substituted for “Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare” and “Department of Health, Education, and Welfare”, respectively, pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

Functions of Federal Security Administrator transferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and all agencies of Federal Security Agency transferred to Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 5 of Reorg. No. 1 of 1953, set out as a note under section 202 of this title. Federal Security Agency and office of Administrator abolished by section 8 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

42 U.S.C. § 3513

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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