§ 1514. Administrative division of apportion-
ments
(a) The official having administrative control
of an appropriation available to the legislative
branch, the judicial branch, the United States
International Trade Commission, or the District
of Columbia government, and, subject to the ap-
proval of the President, the head of each execu-
tive agency (except the Commission) shall pre-
scribe by regulation a system of administrative
control not inconsistent with accounting proce-
dures prescribed under law. The system shall be
designed to—
(1) restrict obligations or expenditures from
each appropriation to the amount of appor-
tionments or reapportionments of the appro-
priation; and
(2) enable the official or the head of the ex-
ecutive agency to fix responsibility for an ob-
ligation or expenditure exceeding an appor-
tionment or reapportionment.
(b) To have a simplified system for adminis-
tratively dividing appropriations, the head of
each executive agency (except the Commission)
shall work toward the objective of financing
each operating unit, at the highest practical
level, from not more than one administrative di-
vision for each appropriation affecting the unit.
(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 930.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised
Section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
1514(a) .....
31:665(g)(2d sen-
tence).
R.S.
§ 3679(g)(2d
sentence);
Mar. 3, 1905, ch. 1484, § 4(1st
par.), 33 Stat. 1257; Feb. 27,
1906, ch. 510, § 3, 34 Stat. 48;
restated Sept. 6, 1950, ch.
896,
§ 1211,
64
Stat.
767;
Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1970,
eff. July 1, 1970, § 102(a), 84
Stat. 2085; Jan. 3, 1975, Pub.
L. 93–618, § 175(a)(2), 88 Stat.
2011.
1514(b) .....
31:665(g)(last sen-
tence).
R.S. § 3679(g)(last sentence);
added Aug.
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TITLE 31—MONEY AND FINANCE
§ 1515
In subsection (b)(2), the words ‘‘head of the executive
agency’’ are substituted for ‘‘agency’’ as being more
precise and because of section 102 of the revised title.
In subsection (c), the words ‘‘In addition to the appor-
tionment required by section 665 of this title’’ are omit-
ted as unnecessary because of the restatement. The
words ‘‘By the first day’’ are substituted for ‘‘on or be-
fore the beginning’’, and the words ‘‘of the United
States Government’’ are added, for clarity. The words
‘‘major organizational unit’’ are substituted for ‘‘office
or bureau’’ for consistency in the revised section. The
word ‘‘changed’’ is substituted for ‘‘increased or dimin-
ished’’ to eliminate unnecessary words.
In subsection (e), the words ‘‘initiation and oper-
ation’’ are substituted for ‘‘initiation, operation, and
administration’’ to eliminate unnecessary words.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR POSTING APPROPRIATION
APPORTIONMENT DOCUMENTS
Pub. L. 117–328, div. E, title II, § 204, Dec. 29, 2022, 136
Stat. 4667, provided that: ‘‘In fiscal year 2023 and each
fiscal year thereafter—(1) the Office of Management
and Budget shall operate and maintain the automated
system required to be implemented by section 204 of
the Financial Services and General Government Appro-
priations Act, 2022 (division E of Public Law 117–103)
[see section 204(b) set out below] and shall continue to
post each document apportioning an appropriation,
pursuant to section 1513(b) of title 31, United States
Code, including any associated footnotes, in a format
that qualifies each such document as an open Govern-
ment data asset (as that term is defined in section 3502
of title 44, United States Code); and (2) the require-
ments specified in subsection (c), the first and second
provisos of subsection (d)(1), and subsection (d)(2) of
such section 204 [136 Stat. 257] shall continue to apply.’’
Pub. L. 117–103, div. E, title II, § 204(b), Mar. 15, 2022,
136 Stat. 257, provided that: ‘‘Not later than 120 days
after the date of enactment of this Act [Mar. 15, 2022],
the Office of Management and Budget shall complete
implementation of an automated system to post each
document apportioning an appropriation, pursuant to
section 1513(b) of title 31, United States Code, including
any associated footnotes, in a format that qualifies
each such document as an Open Government Data
Asset (as defined in section 3502 of title 44, United
States Code), not later than 2 business days after the
date of approval of such apportionment, and shall place
on such website each document apportioning an appro-
priation, pursuant to such section 1513(b), including
any associated footnotes, already approved the current
fiscal year, and shall report the date of completion of
such requirements to the Committees on Appropria-
tions and the Budget of the House of Representatives
and Senate.’’
§ 1514. Administrative division of apportion-
ments
(a) The official having administrative control
of an appropriation available to the legislative
branch, the judicial branch, the United States
International Trade Commission, or the District
of Columbia government, and, subject to the ap-
proval of the President, the head of each execu-
tive agency (except the Commission) shall pre-
scribe by regulation a system of administrative
control not inconsistent with accounting proce-
dures prescribed under law. The system shall be
designed to—
(1) restrict obligations or expenditures from
each appropriation to the amount of appor-
tionments or reapportionments of the appro-
priation; and
(2) enable the official or the head of the ex-
ecutive agency to fix responsibility for an ob-
ligation or expenditure exceeding an appor-
tionment or reapportionment.
(b) To have a simplified system for adminis-
tratively dividing appropriations, the head of
each executive agency (except the Commission)
shall work toward the objective of financing
each operating unit, at the highest practical
level, from not more than one administrative di-
vision for each appropriation affecting the unit.
(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 930.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised
Section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
1514(a) .....
31:665(g)(2d sen-
tence).
R.S.
§ 3679(g)(2d
sentence);
Mar. 3, 1905, ch. 1484, § 4(1st
par.), 33 Stat. 1257; Feb. 27,
1906, ch. 510, § 3, 34 Stat. 48;
restated Sept. 6, 1950, ch.
896,
§ 1211,
64
Stat.
767;
Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1970,
eff. July 1, 1970, § 102(a), 84
Stat. 2085; Jan. 3, 1975, Pub.
L. 93–618, § 175(a)(2), 88 Stat.
2011.
1514(b) .....
31:665(g)(last sen-
tence).
R.S. § 3679(g)(last sentence);
added Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 814,
§ 3, 70 Stat. 783.
In the section, the words ‘‘(except the Commission)’’
are added because the International Trade Commission
is covered specifically by the source provisions restated
in this section.
In subsection (a), the word ‘‘official’’ is substituted
for ‘‘officer’’ for consistency in the revised title. The
words ‘‘judicial branch’’ are substituted for ‘‘judici-
ary’’, and the words ‘‘District of Columbia govern-
ment’’ are substituted for ‘‘District of Columbia’’, for
consistency. The word ‘‘President’’ is substituted for
‘‘Director of the Office of Management and Budget’’ be-
cause sections 101 and 102(a) of Reorganization Plan No.
2 of 1970 (eff. July 1, 1970, 84 Stat. 2085) designated the
Bureau of the Budget as the Office of Management and
Budget and transferred all functions of the Bureau to
the President.
In subsection (b), the words ‘‘dividing’’ and ‘‘divi-
sion’’ are substituted for ‘‘subdivision’’ for consistency
in the revised section. The word ‘‘appropriations’’ is
substituted for ‘‘appropriations or funds’’ because of
the definition of ‘‘appropriation’’ in section 1511 of the
revised title.
§ 1515. Authorized apportionments necessitating
deficiency or supplemental appropriations
(a) An appropriation required to be appor-
tioned under section 1512 of this title may be ap-
portioned on a basis that indicates the need for
a deficiency or supplemental appropriation to
the extent necessary to permit payment of such
pay increases as may be granted pursuant to law
to civilian officers and employees (including
prevailing rate employees whose pay is fixed and
adjusted under subchapter IV of chapter 53 of
title 5) and to retired and active military per-
sonnel.
(b)(1) Except as provided in subsection (a) of
this section, an official may make, and the head
of an executive agency may request, an appor-
tionment under section 1512 of this title that
would indicate a necessity for a deficiency or
supplemental appropriation only when the offi-
cial or agency head decides that the action is re-
quired because of—
(A) a law enacted after submission to Con-
gress of the estimates for an appropriation
that requires an expenditure beyond adminis-
trative control; or
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**(a)** The official having administrative control of an appropriation available to the legislative branch, the judicial branch, the United States International Trade Commission, or the District of Columbia government, and, subject to the approval of the President, the head of each executive agency (except the Commission) shall prescribe by regulation a system of administrative control not inconsistent with accounting procedures prescribed under law. The system shall be designed to—
(1) restrict obligations or expenditures from each appropriation to the amount of apportionments or reapportionments of the appropriation; and
(2) enable the official or the head of the executive agency to fix responsibility for an obligation or expenditure exceeding an apportionment or reapportionment.
**(b)** To have a simplified system for administratively dividing appropriations, the head of each executive agency (except the Commission) shall work toward the objective of financing each operating unit, at the highest practical level, from not more than one administrative division for each appropriation affecting the unit.