Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§5085 Availability of appropriations
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 66— - DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS › § 5085
Summary
Keeps funds for programs under this chapter (and predecessor authorities) available until fully spent, unless another law clearly limits them.
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Title 42, §5085
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, unless enacted in express and specific limitation of the provisions of this section, funds appropriated for any fiscal year to carry out any program under this chapter or any predecessor authority shall remain available, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, for obligation and expenditure until expended.
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This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 93–113, Oct. 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 394, known as the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 4950 of this title and Tables.
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42 U.S.C. § 5085
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73