Title 31, Money and FinanceRelease 119-102
§1303 Effect of Changes in Titles of Appropriations
Title 31 › SUBTITLE II — THE BUDGET PROCESS › CHAPTER 13 — APPROPRIATIONS › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL › § 1303
Summary
Lets spending for a specific purpose allowed by a law be paid from the matching budget item even if a later appropriation law renames or removes that budget title.
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Title 31, §1303
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Expenditures for a particular object or purpose authorized by a law (and referred to in that law by the specific title previously used for the appropriation item in the appropriation law concerned) may be made from a corresponding appropriation item when the specific title is changed or eliminated from a later appropriation law.
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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 130331:581(note).Sept. 12, 1950, ch. 946, § 302(b), 64 Stat. 844.
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31 U.S.C. § 1303
Title 31, Money and Finance
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102