§11. No contracts or purchases unless authorized or under adequate appropriation; report to the Congress

(a) No contract or purchase on behalf of the United States shall be made, unless the same is authorized by law or is under an appropriation adequate to its fulfillment, except in the Department of Defense and in the Department of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, for clothing, subsistence, forage, fuel, quarters,,¹ transportation, or medical and hospital supplies, which, however, shall not exceed the necessities of the current year.

(b) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy shall immediately advise the Congress of the exercise of the authority granted in subsection (a) of this section, and shall report quarterly on the estimated obligations incurred pursuant to the authority granted in subsection (a) of this section.

(R.S. §3732; June 12, 1906, ch. 3078, 34 Stat. 255 ; Oct. 15, 1966, Pub. L. 89–687, title VI, §612(e), 80 Stat. 993 ; Oct. 30, 1984, Pub. L. 98–557, §17(e), 98 Stat. 2868 .)

Codification

R.S. §3732 derived from act Mar. 2, 1861, ch. 84, §10, 12 Stat. 220 .

Amendments

1984-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–557, §17(e)(1)(A), substituted "except in the Department of Defense and in the Department of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy" for "except in the War and Navy Departments".

Pub. L. 98–557, §17(e)(1)(B), substituted ", transportation, or medical and hospital supplies" for "or transportation", such change having been made by Act June 12, 1906, thereby requiring no further change in text. See Repeals note below.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–557, §17(e)(2), inserted provisions relating to the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy.

1966-Pub. L. 89–687 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec (b).

1906-Act June 12, 1906, inserted "medical and hospital supplies".

Repeals

The first proviso under the heading "medical department" in act June 12, 1906, ch. 3078, 34 Stat. 255 , cited as a credit to this section, was repealed by Pub. L. 98–557, §17(e)(3), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2868 .

Cross References

Contracts for Indian supplies in advance of appropriations, see section 99 of Title 25, Indians.

Expenditure by any department in excess of appropriations prohibited, see section 1341 of Title 31, Money and Finance.

Printing appropriations not to be exceeded, see section 1102 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.

Projects under Mexican treaties, authority to enter into contracts beyond amount appropriated, notwithstanding this section, see section 277d–3 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in title 10 section 2201; title 19 section 2081; title 22 section 277d–3; title 26 section 7608; title 33 section 891d; title 42 section 9619.

¹ So in original.