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31 U.S.C. 1303: Effect of changes in titles of appropriationsText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 31-MONEY AND FINANCECHAPTER 13-APPROPRIATIONS
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§1303. Effect of changes in titles of appropriations

Expenditures for a particular object or purpose authorized by a law (and referred to in that law by the specific title previously used for the appropriation item in the appropriation law concerned) may be made from a corresponding appropriation item when the specific title is changed or eliminated from a later appropriation law.

( Pub. L. 97–258 , Sept. 13, 1982 , 96 Stat. 917 .)

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31:581(note).

Sept. 12, 1950, ch. 946, § 302(b), 64 Stat. 844.