Title 31, Money and FinanceRelease 119-102
§522 Necessary Expenditures
Title 31 › SUBTITLE I — GENERAL › CHAPTER 5 — OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET › SUBCHAPTER II — ADMINISTRATIVE › § 522
Summary
The Director of the Office of Management and Budget can spend money needed to run the Office, as long as those payments follow rules the President sets.
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Title 31, §522
Money and Finance, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Director of the Office of Management and Budget may make necessary expenditures for the Office under regulations prescribed by the President.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 52231:17(a)(related to expenses).June 10, 1921, ch. 18, § 208(a)(related to expenses), 42 Stat. 22; Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1939, eff. July 1, 1939, § 1, 53 Stat. 1423; Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1970, eff. July 1, 1970, § 102(a), 84 Stat. 2085. The words “for rent in the District of Columbia, printing, binding, telegrams, telephone service, law books, books of reference, periodicals, stationery, furniture, office equipment, other supplies, and” are omitted as covered by titles 5, 40, and 44, and as being included in “necessary expenditures”. The words “within the appropriations made therefor” are omitted as unnecessary.
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31 U.S.C. § 522
Title 31, Money and Finance
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102