Title 31, Money and FinanceRelease 119-102

§1516 Exemptions

Title 31 › SUBTITLE II — THE BUDGET PROCESS › CHAPTER 15 — APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTING › SUBCHAPTER II — APPORTIONMENT › § 1516

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

An official named in section 1513 can exempt certain funds from being divided up (apportioned). Exemptions cover trust or working funds whose spending does not significantly affect federal finances; internal working-capital or revolving funds; receipts from industrial and power activities allowed by law; and appropriations for (A) public-debt interest or retirement, (B) claims, judgments, refunds, and drawbacks, (C) items the President keeps confidential, (D) payments that must be paid in full to a named payee, and (E) State grants under the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.).

Full Legal Text

Title 31, §1516

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An official designated in section 1513 of this title to make apportionments may exempt from apportionment—
(1)a trust fund or working fund if an expenditure from the fund has no significant effect on the financial operations of the United States Government;
(2)a working capital fund or a revolving fund established for intragovernmental operations;
(3)receipts from industrial and power operations available under law; and
(4)appropriations made specifically for—
(A)interest on, or retirement of, the public debt;
(B)payment of claims, judgments, refunds, and drawbacks;
(C)items the President decides are of a confidential nature;
(D)payment under a law requiring payment of the total amount of the appropriation to a designated payee; and
(E)grants to the States under the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.).

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 151631:665(f)(1).R.S. § 3679(f)(1); Mar. 3, 1905, ch. 1484, § 4(1st par.), 33 Stat. 1257; Feb. 27, 1906, ch. 510, § 3, 34 Stat. 48; restated Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, § 1211, 64 Stat. 767. In the section, before clause (1), the word “apportionments” is substituted for “apportionments and reapportionments” because of section 1512(a)(last sentence) of the revised title. In subclause (D), the word “law” is substituted for “private relief acts or other laws” to eliminate unnecessary words.

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Social Security Act, referred to in par. (4)(E), is act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620, which is classified generally to chapter 7 (§ 301 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of Title 42 and Tables.

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Citation

31 U.S.C. § 1516

Title 31, Money and Finance

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102