10 U.S.C. § 2204
Section 2204 · Obligation of appropriations
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 1 court decisions — leading case In re Oi Brasil Holdings Coöperatief U.A. (2017)
Most recently applied in In re Oi Brasil Holdings Coöperatief U.A. (December 2017)
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.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
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.