22 USC § 4715 - Compliance with Congressional Budget Act

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title: "22 USC § 4715 - Compliance with Congressional Budget Act"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "4715"
section_name: "Compliance with Congressional Budget Act"
chapter_number: 57
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES"
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last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 99–93, title VI, § 615, Aug. 16, 1985, 99 Stat. 444.)"
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# § 4715. Compliance with Congressional Budget Act

Any authority provided by this chapter to enter into contracts shall be effective only—

**(1)** to the extent that the budget authority for the obligation to make outlays, which is created by the contract, has been provided in advance by an appropriation Act; or

**(2)** to the extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 99–93, title VI, § 615, Aug. 16, 1985, 99 Stat. 444.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Congressional Budget Act, referred to in section catchline, probably means the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, titles I through IX of , , . For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under , The Congress, and Tables.