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Title 31 — Money and Finance

Chapter 13 — Appropriations

§ 1302. Determining amounts appropriated

Statutory text

Except as specifically provided by law, the total amount appropriated in an appropriation law is determined by adding up the specific amounts or rates appropriated in each paragraph of the law.

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. Pub. L. 97–258 · 96 Stat. 917

    Enacted · 31 U.S.C. § 1302

    (Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 917.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 917.)

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Notes

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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
130231:670.May 28, 1896, ch. 252, § 1(par. immediately before heading “Treasury Department”), 29 Stat. 148.

The words “by adding up” are substituted for “by the correct footing up” for clarity.

Credits

(Pub. L. 97–258, , 96 Stat. 917.)

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