Notice: The uscode.house.gov website is currently operating in a temporary format. While the United States Code remains available from its authoritative source, some website features and functionality are temporarily unavailable.
The United States Code Online is current through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
Search & Browse Currency and Updating Classification Tables Popular Name Tool Positive Law Codification Editorial Reclassification Downloads
50 U.S.C. 3612: Availability of appropriationsText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 50-WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSECHAPTER 47-NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY
Jump To: Source CreditEditorial NotesCodificationStatutory Notes and Related SubsidiariesEffective Date

§3612. Availability of appropriations

Funds appropriated to an entity of the Federal Government other than an element of the Department of Defense that have been specifically appropriated for the purchase of cryptologic equipment, materials, or services with respect to which the National Security Agency has been designated as the central source of procurement for the Government shall remain available for a period of three fiscal years.

( Pub. L. 86–36, § 14 , as added Pub. L. 97–89, title VI, § 603 , Dec. 4, 1981 , 95 Stat. 1158 .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified in a note under section 402 of this title prior to editorial reclassification as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1981, see section 806 of Pub. L. 97–89, set out as a note under section 1621 of Title 10, Armed Forces.