U.S.C. Title 10 - ARMED FORCES 10 U.S.C. United States Code, 2024 Edition Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle A - General Military Law PART IV - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY CHAPTER 131 - PLANNING AND COORDINATION Sec. 2204 - Obligation of appropriations From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov §2204. Obligation of appropriations To prevent overdrafts and deficiencies in the fiscal year for which appropriations are made, appropriations made to the Department of Defense or to a military department, and reimbursements thereto, are available for obligation and expenditure only under scheduled rates of obligation, or changes thereto, that have been approved by the Secretary of Defense. This section does not prohibit the Department of Defense from incurring a deficiency that it has been authorized by law to incur. (Added Pub. L. 87–651, title II, §207(a), Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 520.) Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 2204 5:172c. July 26, 1947, ch. 343, §404; added Aug. 10, 1949, ch. 412, §11 (7th par.), 63 Stat. 587. The words "on and after the beginning of the next fiscal year following August 10, 1949," are omitted as executed. The last sentence is substituted for the proviso in 5 U.S.C. 172c.
10 U.S.C. § 2204
§2204. Obligation of appropriations
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