29 USC § 713 - Transfer of funds

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identifier: "/us/usc/t29/s713"
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title: "29 USC § 713 - Transfer of funds"
title_number: 29
title_name: "LABOR"
section_number: "713"
section_name: "Transfer of funds"
chapter_number: 16
chapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 93–112, § 16, formerly § 14, as added Pub. L. 105–220, title IV, § 403, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1113; renumbered § 16, Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(f) [title VIII, § 402(a)(1)], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–337, 2681–412.)"
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# § 713. Transfer of funds

**(a)** Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no funds appropriated under this chapter for any program or activity may be used for any purpose other than that for which the funds were specifically authorized.

**(b)** No more than 1 percent of funds appropriated for discretionary grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements authorized by this chapter may be used for the purpose of providing non-Federal panels of experts to review applications for such grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–112, § 16, formerly § 14, as added Pub. L. 105–220, title IV, § 403, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1113; renumbered § 16, Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(f) [title VIII, § 402(a)(1)], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–337, 2681–412.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to this section were contained in  prior to repeal by .

A prior section 713, , as added , , ; amended , , ; , §§ 103(d)(2)(C), 106, title X, § 1001(a)(5), , , 1812, 1841; , , ; , §§ 102(p)(5), 107, , , 4362, related to program and project evaluation, prior to repeal by , , . See .

A prior  was renumbered section 18 and is classified to .

Another prior  was classified to  prior to repeal by .