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Title 31, Money and FinanceRelease 119-102

§1536 Crediting Payments From Purchases Between Executive Agencies

Title 31 › SUBTITLE II — THE BUDGET PROCESS › CHAPTER 15 — APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTING › SUBCHAPTER III — TRANSFERS AND REIMBURSEMENTS › § 1536

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Advance payments under section 1535 must go into a special working fund that the Secretary of the Treasury creates. Other payments are returned to the appropriation or fund that paid for the order. Money paid under section 1535 can be spent to provide the goods or services or for the purpose tied to the fund credited. If items are taken from stock, the payment is kept to replace them unless another law directs otherwise or the agency head says replacement is not needed; in that case the money is deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. Other laws about working funds still apply.

Full Legal Text

Title 31, §1536

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(a)An advance payment made on an order under section 1535 of this title is credited to a special working fund that the Secretary of the Treasury considers necessary to be established. Except as provided in this section, any other payment is credited to the appropriation or fund against which charges were made to fill the order.
(b)An amount paid under section 1535 of this title may be expended in providing goods or services or for a purpose specified for the appropriation or fund credited. Where goods are provided from stocks on hand, the amount received in payment is credited so as to be available to replace the goods unless—
(1)another law authorizes the amount to be credited to some other appropriation or fund; or
(2)the head of the executive agency filling the order decides that replacement is not necessary, in which case, the amount received is deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
(c)This section does not affect other laws about working funds.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 1536(a)31:686(b)(1st, 2d sentences).May 21, 1920, ch. 194, § 7(b), 41 Stat. 613; restated June 30, 1932, ch. 314, § 601, 47 Stat. 418. 1536(b)31:686(b)(3d, last sentences). 1536(c)31:686b(c)(related to 31:686).June 30, 1932, ch. 314, § 602(c)(related to § 601), 47 Stat. 418. In subsection (b), the words “providing goods or services” are substituted for “furnishing the materials, supplies, or equipment, or in performing the work or services” to eliminate unnecessary words.

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Citation

31 U.S.C. § 1536

Title 31, Money and Finance

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102