31 USC § 522 - Necessary expenditures

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title: "31 USC § 522 - Necessary expenditures"
title_number: 31
title_name: "MONEY AND FINANCE"
section_number: "522"
section_name: "Necessary expenditures"
chapter_number: 5
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 886.)"
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# § 522. Necessary expenditures

The Director of the Office of Management and Budget may make necessary expenditures for the Office under regulations prescribed by the President.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 886.)

| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 522 | 31:17(a)(related to expenses). | June 10, 1921, ch. 18, § 208(a)(related to expenses), 42 Stat. 22; Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1939, eff. July 1, 1939, § 1, 53 Stat. 1423; Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1970, eff. July 1, 1970, § 102(a), 84 Stat. 2085. |

The words “for rent in the District of Columbia, printing, binding, telegrams, telephone service, law books, books of reference, periodicals, stationery, furniture, office equipment, other supplies, and” are omitted as covered by titles 5, 40, and 44, and as being included in “necessary expenditures”. The words “within the appropriations made therefor” are omitted as unnecessary.