42 USC § 12682 - Actions under national service laws to be subject to availability of appropriations

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title: "42 USC § 12682 - Actions under national service laws to be subject to availability of appropriations"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "12682"
section_name: "Actions under national service laws to be subject to availability of appropriations"
chapter_number: 129
chapter_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 103–82, title II, § 205, Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 897.)"
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# 1 Actions under national service laws to be subject to availability of appropriations

See References in Text note below.

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No action involving the obligation or expenditure of funds may be taken under one of the national service laws (as defined in section 12511(15)  of this title) unless and until the Corporation for National and Community Service has sufficient appropriations available at the time such action is taken to satisfy the obligation to be incurred or make the expenditure to be made.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 103–82, title II, § 205, Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 897.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

, referred to in text, was redesignated section 12511(26) by , , .

### Codification

Section enacted as part of the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993, and not as part of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 which comprises this chapter.