10 USC § 3134 - Allocation of appropriations

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title: "10 USC § 3134 - Allocation of appropriations"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "3134"
section_name: "Allocation of appropriations"
chapter_number: 207
chapter_name: "BUDGETING AND APPROPRIATIONS"
part_number: "V"
part_name: "ACQUISITION"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 132, § 2309; Pub. L. 97–258, § 2(b)(1)(B), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1052; renumbered § 3134 and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1809(e), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4161; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVII, § 1701(b)(3), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2132.)"
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# § 3134. Allocation of appropriations

**(a)** Appropriations available for procurement by an agency named in section 3063 of this title may, through administrative allotment, be made available for obligation for procurement by any other agency in amounts authorized by the head of the allotting agency and without transfer of funds on the books of the Department of the Treasury.

**(b)** A disbursing official of the allotting agency may make any disbursement chargeable to an allotment under subsection (a) upon a voucher certified by an officer or civilian employee of the procuring agency.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 132, § 2309; Pub. L. 97–258, § 2(b)(1)(B), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1052; renumbered § 3134 and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1809(e), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4161; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVII, § 1701(b)(3), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2132.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2309(a)2309(b) | 41:159 (2d sentence).41:159 (less 1st and 2d sentences). | Feb. 19, 1948, ch. 65, § 10 (less 1st sentence), 62 Stat. 25. |

In subsection (a), the words “an agency named in ” are substituted for the words “any such agency”.

In subsection (b), the words “an allotment under subsection (a)” are substituted for the words “such allotments”.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021—, renumbered  as this section.

Subsec. (a). , substituted “named in section 3063” for “named in section 2303”.

Subsec. (c). , which directed adding subsec. (c), was repealed by .

1982—Subsec. (b).  substituted “disbursing official” for “disbursing officer”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2021 Amendment

Amendment by  applicable as if included in the enactment of title XVIII of  as enacted, see , set out in a note preceding  and note below.

Amendment by  effective , with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see , set out as a note preceding .