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Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Chapter 63 — Technology Innovation

§ 3714. Spending authority

Statutory text

No payments shall be made or contracts shall be entered into pursuant to the provisions of this chapter (other than sections 3710a, 3710b, and 3710c of this title) except to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts.

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.

  1. Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980

    Pub. L. 96–480 § 22 · 94 Stat. 2311

    Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 3714

    Pub. L. 96–480, § 22, formerly § 15, Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2320

    Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 96–480, § 22, formerly § 15, Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2320

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 15. SPENDING AUTHORITY. No payments shall be made or contracts shall be entered into pursuant to this Act except to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts.

  2. Pub. L. 99–502 § 9(e)(4) · 100 Stat. 1785

    Changed · 15 U.S.C. § 3714

    Pub. L. 99–502, § 9(e)(4), made technical amendment to references to sections 3710a, 3710b, and 3710c of this title to reflect renumbering of corresponding sections of original act

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 99–502, § 9(e)(4), made technical amendment to references to sections 3710a, 3710b, and 3710c of this title to reflect renumbering of corresponding sections of original act.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (4) Section 18 of such Act (as redesignated by paragraph (1) of this 15 USC 3714. subsection) is amended by striking out “sections 12, 13, and 14” and inserting in lieu thereof “sections 11, 12, and 13”.

  3. Pub. L. 99–502 § 9(b)(13) · 100 Stat. 1785

    Inserted · 15 U.S.C. § 3714

    Pub. L. 99–502, § 9(b)(13), inserted exception relating to sections 3710a, 3710b, and 3710c of this title

    Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 99–502, § 9(b)(13), inserted exception relating to sections 3710a, 3710b, and 3710c of this title.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (13) Section 19 of such Act (as redesignated by section 2 of this 15 USC 3714. Act) is amended by striking out “pursuant to this Act” and inserting in lieu thereof “pursuant to the provisions of this Act (other than sections 12, 13, and 14)”.

  4. Technology Transfer Commercialization Act of 2000

    Pub. L. 106–404 § 7(8) · 114 Stat. 1742

    Changed · 15 U.S.C. § 3714

    Pub. L. 106–404 made technical amendments to references in original act which appear in text as references to sections 3710a, 3710b, and 3710c of this title

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 106–404 made technical amendments to references in original act which appear in text as references to sections 3710a, 3710b, and 3710c of this title.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (8) in section 22 (15 U.S.C. 3714), by striking “sections 11, 12, and 13” and inserting “sections 12,13, and 14”.

4 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments1986–2000 · 2 rounds

2000

Pub. L. 106–404 made technical amendments to references in original act which appear in text as references to sections 3710a, 3710b, and 3710c of this title.

1986

Pub. L. 99–502, § 9(e)(4), made technical amendment to references to sections 3710a, 3710b, and 3710c of this title to reflect renumbering of corresponding sections of original act.

Pub. L. 99–502, § 9(b)(13), inserted exception relating to sections 3710a, 3710b, and 3710c of this title.

Credits

1980–2000 · 7 acts
  1. 1980Pub. L. 96–480, § 22, formerly § 15, , 94 Stat. 2320
  2. 1986renumbered § 19, Pub. L. 99–502, § 2, , 100 Stat. 1785
  3. 1986renumbered § 18, and amended Pub. L. 99–502, § 9(b)(13), (e)(1), (4), , 100 Stat. 1796, 1797
  4. 1987renumbered § 19, Pub. L. 100–107, § 3(a), , 101 Stat. 725
  5. 1988renumbered § 20, Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5122(a)(1), , 102 Stat. 1438
  6. 1991renumbered § 22, Pub. L. 102–240, title VI, § 6019, , 105 Stat. 2183
  7. 2000Pub. L. 106–404, § 7(8), , 114 Stat. 1746.
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(Pub. L. 96–480, § 22, formerly § 15, , 94 Stat. 2320; renumbered § 19, Pub. L. 99–502, § 2, , 100 Stat. 1785; renumbered § 18, and amended Pub. L. 99–502, § 9(b)(13), (e)(1), (4), , 100 Stat. 1796, 1797; renumbered § 19, Pub. L. 100–107, § 3(a), , 101 Stat. 725; renumbered § 20, Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5122(a)(1), , 102 Stat. 1438; renumbered § 22, Pub. L. 102–240, title VI, § 6019, , 105 Stat. 2183; Pub. L. 106–404, § 7(8), , 114 Stat. 1746.)

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