Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102
§4715 Compliance with Congressional Budget Act
Title 22 › CHAPTER 57 — UNITED STATES SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES › § 4715
Summary
Contracts under this chapter can only be made when Congress has already provided the money for them, and only for the amounts and limits that Congress approved in appropriation laws.
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Title 22, §4715
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Any authority provided by this chapter to enter into contracts shall be effective only—
(1)to the extent that the budget authority for the obligation to make outlays, which is created by the contract, has been provided in advance by an appropriation Act; or
(2)to the extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts.
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The Congressional 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.
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22 U.S.C. § 4715
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102