22 USC § 2678 - Reduction in earmarks if appropriations are less than authorizations

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s2678"
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title: "22 USC § 2678 - Reduction in earmarks if appropriations are less than authorizations"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "2678"
section_name: "Reduction in earmarks if appropriations are less than authorizations"
chapter_number: 38
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, § 11, as added Pub. L. 101–246, title I, § 106, Feb. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 20.)"
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# § 2678. Reduction in earmarks if appropriations are less than authorizations

Public Law 99–1772 U.S.C. 900

If the amount appropriated (or made available in the event of a sequestration order issued pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (; [ et seq.])) for a fiscal year pursuant to any authorization of appropriations provided by an Act other than an appropriation Act is less than the authorization amount and a provision of that Act provides that a specified amount of the authorization amount shall be available only for a certain purpose, then the amount so specified shall be deemed to be reduced for that fiscal year to the amount which bears the same ratio to the specified amount as the amount appropriated (or made available in the event of sequestration) bears to the authorization amount.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, § 11, as added Pub. L. 101–246, title I, § 106, Feb. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 20.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, referred to in text, is title II of , , , which enacted chapter 20 (§ 900 et seq.) and sections 654 to 656 of Title 2, The Congress, amended sections 602, 622, 631 to 642, and 651 to 653 of Title 2, sections 1104 to 1106, and 1109 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and , The Public Health and Welfare, repealed , enacted provisions set out as notes under  and , and amended provisions set out as a note under . For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 2678, acts , title I, § 11, ; , , ; renumbered title I, , , ; , , , related to use of Government-owned vehicles for security purposes for travel by the Deputy Secretary of State, prior to repeal by , , .