Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73not60
§4238 Compliance with Budget Act
Title 50 › Chapter 52— RESTITUTION FOR WORLD WAR II INTERNMENT OF JAPANESE-AMERICANS AND ALEUTS › Subchapter II— ALEUTIAN AND PRIBILOF ISLANDS RESTITUTION › § 4238
Summary
Federal officials cannot sign contracts or spend money under this subchapter unless Congress has provided the funding ahead of the fiscal year. In any fiscal year, the Secretary may act for (1) the Fund in section 4233, (2) the trust in section 4235(b), and (3) the matters in sections 4236 and 4237, only to the extent and in the amounts Congress includes in appropriation laws.
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Title 50, §4238
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No authority under this subchapter to enter into contracts or to make payments shall be effective in any fiscal year except to such extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriations Acts. In any fiscal year, the Secretary, with respect to—
(1)the Fund established under section 4233 of this title,
(2)the trust established under section 4235(b) of this title, and
(3)the provisions of section 4236 and 4237 of this title,
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The Budget Act, referred to in section catchline, probably means the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, titles I through IX of Pub. L. 93–344, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 297. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 621 of Title 2, The Congress, and Tables. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1989c–7 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
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50 U.S.C. § 4238
Title 50 — War and National Defense
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60