Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§8023 Office of Naval Research: Appropriations; Time Limit
Title 10 › Subtitle C — Navy and Marine Corps › PART I — ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 803 — DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY › § 8023
Summary
Lets the Office of Naval Research use its appropriated money to carry out its duties under section 8022, including running the office, doing research in government labs, and hiring outside people, companies, or schools to do R&D. If the money is committed during the fiscal year it was given, it can be spent for four years after that fiscal year ends; any leftover after four years goes to the surplus fund and is returned 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
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102