31 U.S.C. § 1553
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTE | ||
Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
1553(a) | 31:702(1st sentence). | July 25, 1956, ch. 727, §2, 70 Stat. 648. |
1553(b) | 31:702(last sentence). |
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS1990- Pub. L. 101-510 amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows:"(a) Each appropriation account established under section 1552 of this title is accounted for separately and remains available until expended to pay obligations chargeable against any appropriation from which the account is derived."(b) Under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller General, obligations under subsection (a) of this section may be paid without prior action of the Comptroller General. However, this subchapter does not-"(1) relieve the Comptroller General of the duty to make decisions requested under law; or "(2) affect the authority of the Comptroller General to settle claims and accounts."
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1990 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 101-510 applicable to any appropriation account the obligated balance of which, on Nov. 5, 1990, has not been transferred under section 1552(a)(1) of this title, as in effect Nov. 4, 1990, with transitional provisions, see section 1405(b) of Pub. L. 101-510 set out as a note under section 1551 of this title.