Title 31 — Money and Finance
Chapter 13 — Appropriations
§ 1348. Telephone installation and charges
Statutory text
Except as provided in this section, appropriations are not available to install telephones in private residences or for tolls or other charges for telephone service from private residences.
Under regulations of the Secretary of State, appropriations may be used to install and pay for the use of telephones in residences owned or leased by the United States Government in foreign countries for the use of the Foreign Service.
Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army on recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, not more than $30,000 may be expended each fiscal year to install and use in private residences telephones required for official business in constructing and operating locks and dams for navigation, flood control, and related water uses.
Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, funds appropriated to the Department of Defense are available to install, repair, and maintain telephone wiring in residences owned or leased by the United States Government and, if necessary for national defense purposes, in other private residences.
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. 926
Enacted · 31 U.S.C. § 1348
Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 926
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 926Military Construction Authorization Act, 1985
Pub. L. 98–407 title VIII § 811(a) · 98 Stat. 1495
Added · 31 U.S.C. § 1348(d)
Pub. L. 98–407 added subsec. (d)
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 98–407 added subsec. (d).Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Section 1348 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(d) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, Regulations. funds appropriated to the Department of Defense are available to install, repair, and maintain telephone wiring in residences owned or leased by the United States Government and, if necessary for national defense purposes, in other private residences.”.Federal Employee Travel Reform Act of 1996
Pub. L. 104–201 § 1721(1) · 110 Stat. 2422
Struck · 31 U.S.C. § 1348(a)(2)
Pub. L. 104–201, § 1721(1), struck out at end “Subsection (b) of this section applies to long-distance calls made on those telephones.”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 104–201, § 1721(1), struck out at end “Subsection (b) of this section applies to long-distance calls made on those telephones.”Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) by striking the last sentence of subsection (a)(2);Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 104–201 effective 180 days after Sept. 23, 1996, see section 1725(a) of Pub. L. 104–201, set out as a note under section 5722 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.Federal Employee Travel Reform Act of 1996
Pub. L. 104–201 § 1721(2) · 110 Stat. 2422
Redesignated · 31 U.S.C. § 1348(b)(d)
Pub. L. 104–201, § 1721(2), (3), redesignated subsecs. (c) and (d) as (b) and (c), respectively
Struck · 31 U.S.C. § 1348(b)(d)
Pub. L. 104–201, § 1721(2), (3), struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: “Appropriations of an agency are available to pay charges for a long-distance call if required for official business and the voucher to pay for the call is sworn to by the head of the agency. Appropriations of an executive agency are available only if the head of the agency also certifies that the call is necessary in the interest of the Government.”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 104–201, § 1721(2), (3), redesignated subsecs. (c) and (d) as (b) and (c), respectively, and struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: “Appropriations of an agency are available to pay charges for a long-distance call if required for official business and the voucher to pay for the call is sworn to by the head of the agency. Appropriations of an executive agency are available only if the head of the agency also certifies that the call is necessary in the interest of the Government.”Enacted provision · exact public law section
(2) by striking subsection (b); andEffective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 104–201 effective 180 days after Sept. 23, 1996, see section 1725(a) of Pub. L. 104–201, set out as a note under section 5722 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
4 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Notes
historicalAndRevision
| Historical and Revision Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 1348(a)(1) | 31:679(words before 2d comma). | Aug. 23, 1912, ch. 350, § 7(less proviso), 37 Stat. 414. |
| 1348(a)(2) | 31:679(proviso). | Aug. 23, 1912, ch. 350, 37 Stat. 360, § 7(proviso); added Apr. 30, 1940, ch. 175, 54 Stat. 175. |
| 1348(b) | 31:679(words between 2d comma and proviso). | |
| 31:680a. | May 10, 1939, ch. 119, § 4, 53 Stat. 738. | |
| 1348(c) | 31:680. | Sept. 22, 1922, ch. 427, § 7, 42 Stat. 1042; May 17, 1950, ch. 188, § 203, 64 Stat. 170; restated June 28, 1955, ch. 198, 69 Stat. 188. |
In subsection (a)(1), the words “or private apartment” are omitted as being included in “private residences”.
In subsection (a)(2), the word “appropriations” is substituted for “Government funds”, and the word “calls” is substituted for “tolls”, for consistency. The word “official” is omitted as surplus.
In subsection (b), the words “On and after ” in 31:680a are omitted as executed. The word “agency” is substituted for “executive department, establishment, or agency” for clarity and because of section 101 of the revised title. The words “official business” are substituted for “public business” in 31:679 and “transaction of public business which the interests of the Government require to be so transacted” in 31:680a to eliminate unnecessary words. The words “division, bureau, or office” in 31:679 are omitted as being included in “agency”. The words “or such subordinates as he may specially designate” in 31:680a are omitted as surplus.
In subsection (c), the words “On and after the provisions of section 679 of this title, or any other law prohibiting the expenditure of public money . . . shall not be construed to apply to or forbid” are omitted as unnecessary because of the restatement.
Editorial Notes
Amendments1984–1996 · 2 rounds
1996
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 104–201, § 1721(1), struck out at end “Subsection (b) of this section applies to long-distance calls made on those telephones.”
Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 104–201, § 1721(2), (3), redesignated subsecs. (c) and (d) as (b) and (c), respectively, and struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: “Appropriations of an agency are available to pay charges for a long-distance call if required for official business and the voucher to pay for the call is sworn to by the head of the agency. Appropriations of an executive agency are available only if the head of the agency also certifies that the call is necessary in the interest of the Government.”
1984
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 98–407 added subsec. (d).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1996 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 104–201 effective 180 days after , see section 1725(a) of Pub. L. 104–201, set out as a note under section 5722 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
Pub. L. 98–407, title VIII, § 811(b), , 98 Stat. 1523, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall be effective as of . Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense may be used to reimburse persons for expenditures made after , for the installation, repair, and maintenance of telephone wiring in any Government-owned or leased housing unit before the date of the enactment of this Act [].”
Employees Authorized To Work at Home
Pub. L. 104–52, title VI, § 620, , 109 Stat. 501, provided that: “Notwithstanding any provisions of this or any other Act, during the fiscal year ending , and hereafter, any department, division, bureau, or office may use funds appropriated by this or any other Act to install telephone lines, and necessary equipment, and to pay monthly charges, in any private residence or private apartment of an employee who has been authorized to work at home in accordance with guidelines issued by the Office of Personnel Management: Provided, That the head of the department, division, bureau, or office certifies that adequate safeguards against private misuse exist, and that the service is necessary for direct support of the agency’s mission.”
Credits
1982–1996 · 3 acts
- 1982Pub. L. 97–258, , 96 Stat. 926
- 1984Pub. L. 98–407, title VIII, § 811(a), , 98 Stat. 1523
- 1996Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XVII, § 1721, , 110 Stat. 2758.
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(Pub. L. 97–258, , 96 Stat. 926; Pub. L. 98–407, title VIII, § 811(a), , 98 Stat. 1523; Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XVII, § 1721, , 110 Stat. 2758.)