Title 34, NavyRelease 119-102
§12632 Extension of Authorizations of Appropriations for Fiscal Years for Which Full Amount Authorized Is Not Appropriated
Title 34 › Subtitle I — Comprehensive Acts › CHAPTER 121 — VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT › SUBCHAPTER XI — VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION TRUST FUND › § 12632
Summary
If Congress gives less money than an Act authorizes for a particular fiscal year, the shortfall is treated as an authorization to provide that missing amount in later years. In other words, the difference between the authorized amount and the amount actually appropriated can be used to justify funding the same purpose in future fiscal years.
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Title 34, §12632
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If, in making an appropriation under any provision of this Act or amendment made by this Act that authorizes the making of an appropriation for a certain purpose for a certain fiscal year in a certain amount, the Congress makes an appropriation for that purpose for that fiscal year in a lesser amount, that provision or amendment shall be considered to authorize the making of appropriations for that purpose for later fiscal years in an amount equal to the difference between the amount authorized to be appropriated and the amount that has been appropriated.
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This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 103–322, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1796, known as the Violent Crime Control and Law
Enforcement
Act of 1994. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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of 1994 Act note set out under section 10101 of this title and Tables. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 14213 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
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34 U.S.C. § 12632
Title 34, Navy
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102