Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-102
§1526 Receipts for Work or Services; Deposit in Special Accounts; Availability for Payment of Costs, Repayment or Advances to Appropriations or Funds, Refunds, Credits to Working Capital Funds; Appropriation Limitation of Annual Expenditures From Accounts
Title 15 › CHAPTER 40 — DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE › § 1526
Summary
All payments for work under this law must go into separate account(s). That money can pay the work’s costs, repay or advance funds that covered those costs, or be returned if there’s too much. It can instead be added to an existing working capital fund used by the Department of Commerce agency doing the work, and appropriation laws can limit how much may be spent from these accounts each year.
Full Legal Text
Title 15, §1526
Commerce and Trade, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
All payments for work or services performed or to be performed under this Act shall be deposited in a separate account or accounts which may be used to pay directly the costs of such work or services, to repay or make advances to appropriations or funds which do or will initially bear all or part of such costs, or to refund excess sums when necessary: Provided, That said receipts may be credited to a working capital fund otherwise established by law, and used under the law governing said funds, if the fund is available for use by the agency of the Department of Commerce which is responsible for performing the work or services for which payment is received. Acts appropriating funds to the Department of Commerce may include provisions limiting annual expenditure from said account or accounts.
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This Act, referred to in text, means Pub. L. 91–412, which enacted sections 1525 to 1527, amended section 1153, and repealed section 189, 189a, 192, 192a, 1153a, and 1520 of this title.
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15 U.S.C. § 1526
Title 15, Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102