21 USC § 1181 - Contract authority

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title: "21 USC § 1181 - Contract authority"
title_number: 21
title_name: "FOOD AND DRUGS"
section_number: "1181"
section_name: "Contract authority"
chapter_number: 16
chapter_name: "DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND REHABILITATION"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "OTHER FEDERAL PROGRAMS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 92–255, title IV, § 414, as added Pub. L. 96–181, § 9(a), Jan. 2, 1980, 93 Stat. 1314.)"
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# § 1181. Contract authority

The authority of the Secretary to enter into contracts under this subchapter and subchapter V shall be effective for any fiscal year only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance by appropriation Acts.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 92–255, title IV, § 414, as added Pub. L. 96–181, § 9(a), Jan. 2, 1980, 93 Stat. 1314.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Subchapter V, referred to in text, consisted of sections 501 to 504 of title V of , , , which were classified to sections 1191 to 1194 of this title, respectively. Sections 501 to 503 were made part of the Public Health Service Act by , (11), (15), , , 180, 181, and were transferred to former sections 290aa–2, 290ee, and 290cc, respectively, of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.  was repealed by .  was repealed by .  was omitted in the general revision of part D of subchapter III–A of chapter 6A of Title 42 by .  was repealed by .