**(a)** The balance of an appropriation available and necessary to finance or discharge a function or activity transferred or assigned under law within an executive agency or from one executive agency to another may be transferred to and used—
(1) by the organizational unit or agency to which the function or activity was transferred or assigned; and
(2) for a purpose for which the appropriation was originally available.
**(b)** The head of the executive agency determines the amount that, with the approval of the President, is necessary to be transferred when the transfer or assignment of the function or activity is within the agency. The President determines the amount necessary to be transferred when the transfer or assignment of the function or activity is from one executive agency to another.
**(c)** A balance transferred under this section is—
(1) credited to an applicable existing or new appropriation account;
(2) merged with the amount in an account to which the balance is credited; and
(3) with the amount with which the balance is merged, accounted for as one amount.
**(d)** New appropriation accounts may be established to carry out subsection (c)(1) of this section.
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**(a)** The balance of an appropriation available and necessary to finance or discharge a function or activity transferred or assigned under law within an executive agency or from one executive agency to another may be transferred to and used—
(1) by the organizational unit or agency to which the function or activity was transferred or assigned; and
(2) for a purpose for which the appropriation was originally available.
**(b)** The head of the executive agency determines the amount that, with the approval of the President, is necessary to be transferred when the transfer or assignment of the function or activity is within the agency. The President determines the amount necessary to be transferred when the transfer or assignment of the function or activity is from one executive agency to another.
**(c)** A balance transferred under this section is—
(1) credited to an applicable existing or new appropriation account;
(2) merged with the amount in an account to which the balance is credited; and
(3) with the amount with which the balance is merged, accounted for as one amount.
**(d)** New appropriation accounts may be established to carry out subsection (c)(1) of this section.
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§ 1531. Transfers of functions and activities
(a) The balance of an appropriation available
and necessary to finance or discharge a function
or activity transferred or assigned under law
within an executive agency or from one execu-
tive agency to another may be transferred to
and used—
(1) by the organizational unit or agency to
which the function or activity was transferred
or assigned; and
(2) for a purpose for which the appropriation
was originally available.
(b) The head of the executive agency deter-
mines the amount that, with the approval of the
President, is necessary to be transferred when
the transfer or assignment of the function or ac-
tivity is within the agency. The President deter-
mines the amount necessary to be transferred
when the transfer or assignment of the function
or activity is from one executive agency to an-
other.
(c) A balance transferred under this section
is—
(1) credited to an applicable existing or new
appropriation account;
(2) merged with the amount in an account to
which the balance is credited; and
(3) with the amount with which the balance
is merged, accounted for as one amount.
(d) New appropriation accounts may be estab-
lished to carry out subsection (c)(1) of this sec-
tion.
(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 932.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised
Section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
1531(a),
(b).
31:581c(a)(1st sen-
tence), (b)(1st sen-
tence).
Sept. 12, 1950, ch. 946, § 202, 64
Stat. 838.
1531(c),
(d).
31:581c(a)(last sen-
tence), (b)(last
sentence).
In subsections (a) and (b), the defined term ‘‘execu-
tive agency’’ in section 102 of the revised title is sub-
stituted for ‘‘department or establishment’’ for consist-
ency and clarity.
In subsection (a), the words