31 U.S.C. § 6906
Section 6906 · Authorization of appropriations
Amended 6 times on record
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Prairie County v. United States (2015)
Most recently applied in 133 Fed. Cl. 14 - Molina Healthcare of California, Inc. v. United States (August 2017)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
For fiscal year 2019—
each county or other eligible unit of local government shall be entitled to payment under this chapter; and
sums shall be made available to the Secretary of the Interior for obligation or expenditure in accordance with this chapter.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised Section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
6906
31:1607.
Oct. 20, 1976, Pub. L. 94–565, § 7, 90 Stat. 2665.
The words “to the Secretary of the Interior” are added for clarity. The words “Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter” and “in advance” are omitted as unnecessary.
Amendments
2019—Pub. L. 116–6 substituted “fiscal year 2019” for “fiscal year 2018” in introductory provisions.
2018—Pub. L. 115–141 substituted “fiscal year 2018” for “each of fiscal years 2008 through 2014” in introductory provisions.
2014—Pub. L. 113–79 substituted “2014” for “2013” in introductory provisions.
2012—Pub. L. 112–141 substituted “2013” for “2012” in introductory provisions.
2008—Pub. L. 110–343 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “Necessary amounts may be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior to carry out this chapter. Amounts are available only as provided in appropriation laws.”