Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73
§4238 Compliance with Budget Act
Title 50 › Chapter CHAPTER 52— - RESTITUTION FOR WORLD WAR II INTERNMENT OF JAPANESE-AMERICANS AND ALEUTS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - ALEUTIAN AND PRIBILOF ISLANDS RESTITUTION › § 4238
Summary
No contracts or payments under this subchapter can take effect in any fiscal year unless Congress provides the money ahead of time in appropriations Acts. This rule covers the Fund (section 4233), the trust (section 4235(b)), and the provisions in sections 4236 and 4237.
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Title 50, §4238
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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, the Secretary, with respect to—
(1)the Fund established under section 4233 of this title,
(2)the trust established under section 4235(b) of this title, and
(3)the provisions of section 4236 and 4237 of this title,
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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
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note set out under section 621 of Title 2, The Congress, and Tables. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1989c–7 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
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50 U.S.C. § 4238
Title 50 — War and National Defense
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73