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§3514a Nonrecurring expenses fund

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 43— - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 3514a

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates the "Nonrecurring Expenses Fund" in the Treasury. Unspent, expired discretionary General Fund amounts given to HHS (by this or any other law) may be moved into the Fund no later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after their last year of availability. Money stays available until spent. With OMB approval the Fund may buy capital needs like facilities and IT, but Appropriations Committees must be notified at least 15 days before use.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §3514a

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There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the “Nonrecurring expenses fund” (the Fund): Provided, That unobligated balances of expired discretionary funds appropriated in this or any succeeding fiscal year from the General Fund of the Treasury to the Department of Health and Human Services by this or any other Act may be transferred (not later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which such funds are available for the purposes for which appropriated) into the Fund: Provided further, That amounts deposited in the Fund shall be available until expended, and in addition to such other funds as may be available for such purposes, for capital acquisition necessary for the operation of the Department, including facilities infrastructure and information technology infrastructure, subject to approval by the Office of Management and Budget: Provided further, That amounts in the Fund may be obligated only after the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of the planned use of funds.

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Amendments

2009—Pub. L. 111–8 substituted “in this or any succeeding” for “for this or any succeeding”.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 3514a

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73