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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102

§1875a National Science Foundation Nonrecurring Expenses Fund

Title 42 › CHAPTER 16 — NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION › § 1875a

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates a Treasury fund called the National Science Foundation Nonrecurring Expenses Fund. Unused, expired discretionary money Congress gave to NSF from the General Fund may be moved into the Fund no later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last year the money was available. Money in the Fund stays available until spent and can be used, with Office of Management and Budget approval, for IT upgrades and facility improvements and one‑time maintenance needed to run the Foundation or its research sites. NSF must notify the House and Senate Appropriations Committees at least 15 days before using the funds.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §1875a

The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the “National Science Foundation Nonrecurring Expenses Fund” (the Fund). Unobligated balances of expired discretionary funds appropriated for this or any succeeding fiscal year from the General Fund of the Treasury to the National Science Foundation by this or any other Act may be transferred (not later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which such funds are available for the purposes for which appropriated) into the Fund. Amounts deposited in the Fund shall be available until expended, and in addition to such other funds as may be available for such purposes, for information and business technology system modernization and facilities infrastructure improvements, including nonrecurring maintenance, necessary for the operation of the Foundation or its funded research facilities, subject to approval by the Office of Management and Budget. Amounts in the Fund may be obligated only after the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of the planned use of funds.

Legislative History

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Science Appropriations Act, 2023, and also as part of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023, and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, and not as part of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 which comprises this chapter.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 1875a

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102