31 USC § 1307 - Public building construction

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title: "31 USC § 1307 - Public building construction"
title_number: 31
title_name: "MONEY AND FINANCE"
section_number: "1307"
section_name: "Public building construction"
chapter_number: 13
chapter_name: "APPROPRIATIONS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
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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. 918.)"
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# § 1307. Public building construction

Amounts appropriated to construct public buildings remain available until completion of the work. When a building is completed and outstanding liabilities for the construction are paid, balances remaining shall revert immediately to the Treasury.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 918.)

| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1307 | 31:682. | June 23, 1874, ch. 476, § 1, 18 Stat. 275. |

The words before the proviso in the Act of  (ch. 476, ), are omitted as obsolete.