46 USC § 46107 - Expenditures

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identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s46107"
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title: "46 USC § 46107 - Expenditures"
title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
section_number: "46107"
section_name: "Expenditures"
chapter_number: 461
chapter_name: "FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION"
part_number: "D"
part_name: "Federal Maritime Commission"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–304, § 4, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1490, § 307; Pub. L. 114–120, title IV, § 403, Feb. 8, 2016, 130 Stat. 67; renumbered § 46107, Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXVI [LXXXVI], § 8605(a)(3), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4765.)"
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# § 46107. Expenditures

**(a)** **In General.—** The Federal Maritime Commission may make such expenditures as are necessary in the performance of its functions from funds appropriated or otherwise made available to it, which appropriations are authorized.

**(b)** **Prohibition.—** Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Federal Maritime Commission may not expend any funds appropriated or otherwise made available to it to a non-Federal entity to issue an award, prize, commendation, or other honor that is not related to the purposes set forth in section 40101.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–304, § 4, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1490, § 307; Pub. L. 114–120, title IV, § 403, Feb. 8, 2016, 130 Stat. 67; renumbered § 46107, Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXVI [LXXXVI], § 8605(a)(3), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4765.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 307 | 46 App.:1111(d) (related to Commission). | June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title II, § 201(d) (related to Commission), 49 Stat. 1986; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(58)(B), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 158. |

The words “by this chapter”, “after ”, and “further” are omitted as unnecessary.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021— renumbered  as this section.

2016— designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).