Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110
§2773b Parking of Funds: Prohibition; Penalties
Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART IV — SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY › CHAPTER 165 — ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY › § 2773b
Summary
Department of Defense officers and employees must not label money in the President’s budget (as sent to Congress under 31 U.S.C. 1105) or in the Defense budget papers for a specific purpose if they know or plan that the money will not be used for that purpose. If someone does that, it will be treated under chapter 13 of title 31 as a violation of 31 U.S.C. 1341(a)(1)(A).
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Title 10, §2773b
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(a)Prohibition.—
An officer or employee of the Department of Defense may not direct the designation of funds for a particular purpose in the budget of the President, as submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, or the supporting documents of the Department of Defense component of such budget, with the knowledge or intent that such funds, if made available to the Department, will not be used for the purpose for which they are designated.
(b)Penalties.—
The direction of the designation of funds in violation of the prohibition in subsection (a) shall be treated for purposes of chapter 13 of title 31 as a violation of section 1341(a)(1)(A) of such title.
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Effective Date
Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title X, § 1053(b), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2396, provided that: “(1) In general.—The
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made by subsection (a) [enacting this section] shall take effect on the date that is 31 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 17, 2006]. “(2) Modification of certain policies and
Regulations
.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 17, 2006], the Secretary of Defense shall modify the policies and
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of the Department of Defense regarding the preparation and submittal to Congress of budget materials for the Department of Defense to take into account section 2773b of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).”
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10 U.S.C. § 2773b
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110