42 USC § 8287a - Payment of costs

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s8287a"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 8287a - Payment of costs"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "8287a"
section_name: "Payment of costs"
chapter_number: 91
chapter_name: "NATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION POLICY"
subchapter_number: "VII"
subchapter_name: "ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–619, title VIII, § 802, as added Pub. L. 99–272, title VII, § 7201(a), Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 142; amended Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title X, § 1090(b), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2067; Pub. L. 116–260, div. Z, title I, § 1002(e), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2423.)"
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# § 8287a. Payment of costs

Any amount paid by a Federal agency pursuant to any contract entered into under this subchapter may be paid only from funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the agency for fiscal year 1986 or any fiscal year thereafter for the payment of energy, water, or wastewater treatment expenses, including related operations and maintenance expense.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–619, title VIII, § 802, as added Pub. L. 99–272, title VII, § 7201(a), Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 142; amended Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title X, § 1090(b), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2067; Pub. L. 116–260, div. Z, title I, § 1002(e), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2423.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2020— substituted “, including related operations and maintenance expenses” for “(and related operation and maintenance expenses)”.

2004— inserted “, water, or wastewater treatment” after “payment of energy”.