31 USC § 1303 - Effect of changes in titles of appropriations
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identifier: "/us/usc/t31/s1303"
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title: "31 USC § 1303 - Effect of changes in titles of appropriations"
title_number: 31
title_name: "MONEY AND FINANCE"
section_number: "1303"
section_name: "Effect of changes in titles of appropriations"
chapter_number: 13
chapter_name: "APPROPRIATIONS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
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. 917.)"
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# § 1303. Effect of changes in titles of appropriations
Expenditures for a particular object or purpose authorized by a law (and referred to in that law by the specific title previously used for the appropriation item in the appropriation law concerned) may be made from a corresponding appropriation item when the specific title is changed or eliminated from a later appropriation law.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 917.)
| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1303 | 31:581(note). | Sept. 12, 1950, ch. 946, § 302(b), 64 Stat. 844. |