Title 10 — Armed Forces
Part IV · Chapter 165 — Accountability and Responsibility
§ 2773b. Parking of funds: prohibition; penalties
Statutory text
Prohibition.—
An officer or employee of the Department of Defense may not direct the designation of funds for a particular purpose in the budget of the President, as submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, or the supporting documents of the Department of Defense component of such budget, with the knowledge or intent that such funds, if made available to the Department, will not be used for the purpose for which they are designated.
Penalties.—
The direction of the designation of funds in violation of the prohibition in subsection (a) shall be treated for purposes of chapter 13 of title 31 as a violation of section 1341(a)(1)(A) of such title.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007
Pub. L. 109–364 div. A title X § 1053(a)(1) · 120 Stat. 2083
Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 2773b
(Added Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title X, § 1053(a)(1), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2396.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Added Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title X, § 1053(a)(1), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2396.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) In general.— Chapter 165 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2773a the following new section: “§ 2773b. Parking of funds: prohibition; penalties “(a) Prohibition.— An officer or employee of the Department of Defense may not direct the designation of funds for a particular purpose in the budget of the President, as submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, or the supporting documents of the Department of Defense component of such budget, with the knowledge or intent that such funds, if made available to the Department, will not be used for the purpose for which they are designated. “(b) Penalties.— The direction of the designation of funds in violation of the prohibition in subsection (a) shall be treated for purposes of chapter 13 of title 31 as a violation of section 1341(a)(1)(A) of such title.” .
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title X, § 1053(b), , 120 Stat. 2396, provided that:
“(1) In general.—
The amendments made by subsection (a) [enacting this section] shall take effect on the date that is 31 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [].
“(2) Modification of certain policies and regulations.—
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [], the Secretary of Defense shall modify the policies and regulations of the Department of Defense regarding the preparation and submittal to Congress of budget materials for the Department of Defense to take into account section 2773b of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).”
Credits
(Added Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title X, § 1053(a)(1), , 120 Stat. 2396.)