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§8023 Office of Naval Research: Appropriations; Time Limit

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle C— Navy and Marine Corps › Part I— ORGANIZATION › Chapter 803— DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY › § 8023

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Gives the Office of Naval Research permission to use money Congress provides to pay for its duties, including administration, research done in government labs, and research done under contracts with outside people, companies, or schools. If the money is committed during its fiscal year, it can be spent for four years after that fiscal year ends. Any money left after those four years must be returned to the surplus fund and sent to the Treasury.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §8023

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(a)Sums appropriated for the Office of Naval Research may be used to pay the cost of performing its duties under section 8022 of this title including the cost of—
(1)administration;
(2)conduct of research and development work in Government facilities; and
(3)conduct of research and development work under contracts with individuals, corporations, and educational or scientific institutions.
(b)Sums appropriated for the purposes of this section, if obligated during the fiscal year for which appropriated, remain available for expenditure for four years after the end of that fiscal year. Any balance not spent after that four-year period shall be carried to the surplus fund and covered into the Treasury.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 51525 U.S.C. 475d(a) (less 2d sentence).Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 727, § 5 (a) (less 2d sentence), 60 Stat. 780. 5 U.S.C. 475d(b).Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 727, § 5 (b), 60 Stat. 780. The authorization to make appropriations for the Office of Naval Research is omitted as unnecessary. The word “administration” is substituted for the words “administrative expenses” for brevity.

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 8023 was renumbered section 9023 of this title.

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232, § 807(a)(1), renumbered section 5023 of this title as this section. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–232, § 809(a), substituted “section 8022” for “section 5022” in introductory provisions. 1986—Pub. L. 99–433, § 511(d), renumbered section 5152 of this title as this section. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–433, § 514(c)(2), substituted “section 5022” for “section 5151”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of

Amendments

and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

10 U.S.C. § 8023

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

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