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Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73

§4219 Compliance with Budget Act

Title 50 › Chapter CHAPTER 52— - RESTITUTION FOR WORLD WAR II INTERNMENT OF JAPANESE-AMERICANS AND ALEUTS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - UNITED STATES CITIZENS OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY AND RESIDENT JAPANESE ALIENS › § 4219

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Only contracts or payments under this part can be made if Congress has already provided the money for that fiscal year in an appropriations act. The total benefits paid in any fiscal year cannot be more than the amount Congress appropriates for that year. Any part of this law that allows new budget authority takes effect only starting in fiscal year 1989 and later.

Full Legal Text

Title 50, §4219

War and National Defense — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

No authority under this subchapter to enter into contracts or to make payments shall be effective in any fiscal year except to such extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriations Acts. In any fiscal year, total benefits conferred by this subchapter shall be limited to an amount not in excess of the appropriations for such fiscal year. Any provision of this subchapter which, directly or indirectly, authorizes the enactment of new budget authority shall be effective only for fiscal year 1989 and thereafter.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Budget Act, referred to in section catchline, probably means the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, titles I through IX of Pub. L. 93–344, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 297. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 621 of Title 2, The Congress, and Tables. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1989b–8 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

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Citation

50 U.S.C. § 4219

Title 50 — War and National Defense

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73