31 USC § 736 - Authorization of appropriations
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identifier: "/us/usc/t31/s736"
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title: "31 USC § 736 - Authorization of appropriations"
title_number: 31
title_name: "MONEY AND FINANCE"
section_number: "736"
section_name: "Authorization of appropriations"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "PERSONNEL"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 900.)"
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# § 736. Authorization of appropriations
Amounts necessary to carry out this subchapter and subchapter IV of this chapter may be appropriated to the Comptroller General.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 900.)
| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 736 | 31:52–7. | Feb. 15, 1980, Pub. L. 96–191, § 9, 94 Stat. 34. |
The word “hereby” is omitted as surplus. The words “to the Comptroller General” are added for consistency. The words “beginning fiscal year 1981 and for each fiscal year thereafter” are omitted as executed.