10 USC § 4653 - Prohibition on use of funds to relieve economic dislocations

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s4653"
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title: "10 USC § 4653 - Prohibition on use of funds to relieve economic dislocations"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "4653"
section_name: "Prohibition on use of funds to relieve economic dislocations"
chapter_number: 363
chapter_name: "PROHIBITION AND PENALTIES"
part_number: "V"
part_name: "ACQUISITION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 97–86, title IX, § 913(a)(1), Dec. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 1123, § 2392; renumbered § 4653, Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1862(b), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4277.)"
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# § 4653. Prohibition on use of funds to relieve economic dislocations

**(a)** In order to help avoid the uneconomic use of Department of Defense funds in the procurement of goods and services, the Congress finds that it is necessary to prohibit the use of such funds for certain purposes.

**(b)** No funds appropriated to or for the use of the Department of Defense may be used to pay, in connection with any contract awarded by the Department of Defense, a price differential for the purpose of relieving economic dislocations.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 97–86, title IX, § 913(a)(1), Dec. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 1123, § 2392; renumbered § 4653, Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1862(b), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4277.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 4653 was renumbered .

### Amendments

2021— renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2021 Amendment

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