Title 31 — Money and Finance
Chapter 13 — Appropriations
§ 1306. Use of foreign credits
Statutory text
In General.—
Foreign credits (including currencies) owed to or owned by the United States may be used by any agency for any purpose for which appropriations are made for the agency for the current fiscal year (including the carrying out of Acts requiring or authorizing the use of such credits), but only when reimbursement therefor is made to the Treasury from applicable appropriations of the agency.
Exception to Reimbursement Requirement.—
Credits described in subsection (a) that are received as exchanged allowances, or as the proceeds of the sale of personal property, may be used in whole or partial payment for the acquisition of similar items, to the extent and in the manner authorized by law, without reimbursement to the Treasury.
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.
Pub. L. 97–258 · 96 Stat. 918
Enacted · 31 U.S.C. § 1306
Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 918
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 918Amber Hagerman Child Protection Act of 1996
Pub. L. 104–208 div. A title I § 101(f)(tVI)(s612)(a) · 110 Stat. 3009
Amended · 31 U.S.C. § 1306
Pub. L. 104–208 reenacted section catchline without change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Foreign credits owed to or owned by the Treasury are not available for expenditure by agencies except as provided annually in general appropriation laws.”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 104–208 reenacted section catchline without change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Foreign credits owed to or owned by the Treasury are not available for expenditure by agencies except as provided annually in general appropriation laws.”Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 101. (a) For programs, projects or activities in the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997, provided as follows, to be effective as if it had been enacted into law as the regular appropriations Act:Effective date note
Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(f) [title VI, § 612(b)], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–314, 3009–356, provided that: “The amendment made by this section [amending this section] shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Sept. 30, 1996] and shall apply thereafter.”
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Notes
historicalAndRevision
| Historical and Revision Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 1306 | 31:724. | July 15, 1952, ch. 758, § 1415, 66 Stat. 662. |
The words “are not available for expenditure by agencies except as provided annually in general appropriation laws” are substituted for “will not be available for expenditure by agencies of the United States after , except as may be provided for annually in appropriation Acts” because of section 101 of the revised title.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1996—Pub. L. 104–208 reenacted section catchline without change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Foreign credits owed to or owned by the Treasury are not available for expenditure by agencies except as provided annually in general appropriation laws.”
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1996 Amendment
Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(f) [title VI, § 612(b)], , 110 Stat. 3009–314, 3009–356, provided that: “The amendment made by this section [amending this section] shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [] and shall apply thereafter.”
Appropriations of Excess Currencies
Pub. L. 102–391, title V, § 566, , 106 Stat. 1680, provided that: “The provisions of section 1306 of title 31, United States Code, shall not be waived to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.] by any provision of law enacted after the date of enactment of this Act [] unless such provision makes specific reference to this section.”
Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriations acts:
Credits
1982–1996 · 2 acts
- 1982Pub. L. 97–258, , 96 Stat. 918
- 1996Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(f) [title VI, § 612(a)], , 110 Stat. 3009–314, 3009–355.
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(Pub. L. 97–258, , 96 Stat. 918; Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(f) [title VI, § 612(a)], , 110 Stat. 3009–314, 3009–355.)