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31 U.S.C. § 1501 — Documentary evidence requirement for Government obligations
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**(a)** An amount shall be recorded as an obligation of the United States Government only when supported by documentary evidence of—
(1) a binding agreement between an agency and another person (including an agency) that is—
(A) in writing, in a way and form, and for a purpose authorized by law; and
(B) executed before the end of the period of availability for obligation of the appropriation or fund used for specific goods to be delivered, real property to be bought or leased, or work or service to be provided;
(2) a loan agreement showing the amount and terms of repayment;
(3) an order required by law to be placed with an agency;
(4) an order issued under a law authorizing purchases without advertising—
(A) when necessary because of a public exigency;
(B) for perishable subsistence supplies; or
(C) within specific monetary limits;
(5) a grant or subsidy payable—
(A) from appropriations made for payment of, or contributions to, amounts required to be paid in specific amounts fixed by law or under formulas prescribed by law;
(B) under an agreement authorized by law; or
(C) under plans approved consistent with and authorized by law;
(6) a liability that may result from pending litigation;
(7) employment or services of persons or expenses of travel under law;
(8) services provided by public utilities; or
(9) other legal liability of the Government against an available appropriation or fund.
**(b)** A statement of obligations provided to Congress or a committee of Congress by an agency shall include only those amounts that are obligations consistent with subsection (a) of this section.
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**(a)** An amount shall be recorded as an obligation of the United States Government only when supported by documentary evidence of—
(1) a binding agreement between an agency and another person (including an agency) that is—
(A) in writing, in a way and form, and for a purpose authorized by law; and
(B) executed before the end of the period of availability for obligation of the appropriation or fund used for specific goods to be delivered, real property to be bought or leased, or work or service to be provided;
(2) a loan agreement showing the amount and terms of repayment;
(3) an order required by law to be placed with an agency;
(4) an order issued under a law authorizing purchases without advertising—
(A) when necessary because of a public exigency;
(B) for perishable subsistence supplies; or
(C) within specific monetary limits;
(5) a grant or subsidy payable—
(A) from appropriations made for payment of, or contributions to, amounts required to be paid in specific amounts fixed by law or under formulas prescribed by law;
(B) under an agreement authorized by law; or
(C) under plans approved consistent with and authorized by law;
(6) a liability that may result from pending litigation;
(7) employment or services of persons or expenses of travel under law;
(8) services provided by public utilities; or
(9) other legal liability of the Government against an available appropriation or fund.
**(b)** A statement of obligations provided to Congress or a committee of Congress by an agency shall include only those amounts that are obligations consistent with subsection (a) of this section.
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**(a) Restriction on agreements or grants** No agreement or grant which constitutes an obligation of the United States Government in excess of $500,000 under [section 1501 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1501&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be made for any assistance authorized under part I of subchapter I of this chapter, subpart II of part II of subchapter I of this chapter, or part IV of subchapter II of this chapter—
(1) if such agreement or grant requires substantive technical or financial planning, until engineering, financial, and other plans necessary to carry out such assistance, and a reasonably firm estimate of the cost to the United States Government of providing such assistance, have been completed; and
(2) if such agreement or grant requires legislative action within the recipient country, unless such legislative action may reasonably be anticipated to be completed in time to permit the orderly accomplishment of the purposes of such agreement or grant.
**(b) Plans for water or related land resource construction projects; computation of benefits and costs** Plans required under subsection (a) of this section for any water or related land resource construction project or program shall include a computation of benefits and costs made insofar as practicable in accordance with the principles, standards, and procedures established pursuant to the Water Resources Planning Act ([42 U.S.C. 1962](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1962&num=0&edition=prelim), et seq.) or acts amendatory or supplementary thereto.
**(c) Contracts for construction outside United States; competitive basis** To the maximum extent practicable, all contracts for construction outside the United
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**(a)** In this section (except subsections (b)(1) and (e)), “agency” means a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government.
**(b)**
(1) The head of each agency shall prepare and submit to the President each appropriation request for the agency. The request shall be prepared and submitted in the form prescribed by the President under this chapter and by the date established by the President. When the head of an agency does not submit a request by that date, the President shall prepare the request for the agency to be included in the budget or changes in the budget or as deficiency and supplemental appropriations. The President may change agency appropriation requests. Agency appropriation requests shall be developed from cost-based budgets in the way and at times prescribed by the President. The head of the agency shall use the cost-based budget to administer the agency and to divide appropriations or amounts.
(2) An officer or employee of an agency in the executive branch may submit to the President or Congress a request for legislation authorizing deficiency or supplemental appropriations for the agency only with the approval of the head of the agency.
**(c)** The head of an agency shall include with an appropriation request submitted to the President a report that the statement of obligations submitted with the request contains obligations consistent with [section 1501 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1501&num=0&edition=prelim). The head of the agency shall support the report with a certification of the consistency and shall support the certification with records showing that the amounts have been obligated. The head of the agency shall designate officials to make the certification
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**(a)** The balance of an appropriation or fund limited for obligation to a definite period is available only for payment of expenses properly incurred during the period of availability or to complete contracts properly made within that period of availability and obligated consistent with [section 1501 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1501&num=0&edition=prelim). However, the appropriation or fund is not available for expenditure for a period beyond the period otherwise authorized by law.
**(b)** A provision of law requiring that the balance of an appropriation or fund be returned to the general fund of the Treasury at the end of a definite period does not affect the status of lawsuits or rights of action involving the right to an amount payable from the balance.
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**(a)**
(1) The purpose of this subsection is to enable Congress to ensure the equitable distribution of medical facilities throughout the United States, taking into consideration the comparative urgency of the need for the services to be provided in the case of each particular facility.
(2)
(A) No funds may be appropriated for any fiscal year, and the Secretary may not obligate or expend funds (other than for advance planning and design), for any major medical facility project unless funds for that project have been specifically authorized by law.
(B) No funds may be appropriated for any fiscal year, and the Secretary may not obligate or expend funds (other than for advance planning and design), for any major medical facility lease unless the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives each adopt a resolution approving the lease.
(3) For purposes of this subsection:
(A) The term “major medical facility project” means a project for the construction, alteration, or acquisition of a medical facility involving a total expenditure of more than the amount specified in paragraph (4), but such term does not include an acquisition by exchange, nonrecurring maintenance projects of the Department, or the construction, alteration, or acquisition of a shared Federal medical facility for which the Department’s estimated share of the project costs does not exceed the amount specified in paragraph (4).
(B) The term “major medical facility lease”—
(i) means a lease for space for use as a new medical facility approved through the General Services Administration under [section 3307(a) of title 40](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section3307/a&num=0&edition=prel
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In fulfilling the responsibility to administer the functions assigned under chapter 35 of title 44, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall comply with this chapter with respect to the specific matters covered by this chapter.
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**(a) Grant Authority.—** Subject to the requirements of this section, the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration shall make grants to airport sponsors—
(1) for projects to replace baggage conveyer systems related to aviation security;
(2) for projects to reconfigure terminal baggage areas as needed to install explosive detection systems;
(3) for projects to enable the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration to deploy explosive detection systems behind the ticket counter, in the baggage sorting area, or in line with the baggage handling system; and
(4) for other airport security capital improvement projects.
**(b) Applications.—** A sponsor seeking a grant under this section shall submit to the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration an application in such form and containing such information as the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration prescribes.
**(c) Approval.—** The Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, after consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, may approve an application of a sponsor for a grant under this section only if the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration determines that the project will improve security at an airport or improve the efficiency of the airport without lessening security.
**(d) Letters of Intent.—**
(1) **Issuance.—** — The Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration shall issue a letter of intent to a sponsor committing to obligate from future budget authority an amount, not more than the Federal Government’s share of the project’s cost, for an airport security improvement project (including interest costs and costs of formulating the project).
(2) **Schedule.—** — A letter of
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**(a) General Authority.—** Except as provided in [section 47111 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section47111&num=0&edition=prelim), the United States Government may pay or be obligated to pay, from amounts appropriated to carry out this subchapter, a cost incurred in carrying out a project under this subchapter only if the Secretary of Transportation decides the cost is allowable.
**(b) Allowable Cost Standards.—** A project cost is allowable—
(1)
(A) if the cost necessarily is incurred in carrying out the project in compliance with the grant agreement made for the project under this subchapter, including any cost a sponsor incurs related to an audit the Secretary requires under section 47121(b) or (d) of this title and any cost of moving a Federal facility impeding the project if the rebuilt facility is of an equivalent size and type; or
(B) if the cost is an incentive payment incurred in carrying out the project described in subparagraph (A) that is to be provided to a contractor upon early completion of a project, if—
(i) such payment does not exceed the lesser of 5 percent of the initial construction contract amount or $1,000,000;
(ii) the level of contractor’s control of, or access to, the worksite necessary to shorten the duration of the project does not negatively impact the operation of the airport;
(iii) the contract specifies application of the incentive structure in the event of unforeseeable, non-weather delays beyond the control of the contractor;
(iv) nothing in any agreement with the contractor prevents the airport operator from retaining responsibility for the safety, efficiency, and capacity of the airport during the execution of the grant agreement; and
(v) the Secret
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**(a) Definitions.—** In this section:
(1) **Department.—** — The term “Department” means the Department of Transportation.
(2) **Eligible entity.—** — The term “eligible entity” means—
(A) a State or a group of States;
(B) a metropolitan planning organization;
(C) a unit of local government;
(D) a political subdivision of a State;
(E) a special purpose district or public authority with a transportation function, including a port authority;
(F) a Tribal government or a consortium of Tribal governments;
(G) a partnership between Amtrak and 1 or more entities described in subparagraphs (A) through (F); and
(H) a group of entities described in any of subparagraphs (A) through (G).
(3) **Program.—** — The term “program” means the program established by subsection (b).
(4) **Secretary.—** — The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Transportation.
(5) **State.—** — The term “State” means—
(A) any of the several States;
(B) the District of Columbia;
(C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;
(D) the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands;
(E) the United States Virgin Islands;
(F) Guam;
(G) American Samoa; and
(H) any other territory or possession of the United States.
**(b) Establishment.—** There is established a program under which the Secretary shall provide to eligible entities grants, on a competitive basis pursuant to single-year or multiyear grant agreements, for projects described in subsection (d).
**(c) Applications.—**
(1) **In general.—** — To be eligible for a grant under the program, an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
(2) **Plan for data collection.—** — An application
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**(a)** The Office of Personnel Management may prescribe regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
**(b)** The regulations of the Office may prescribe the time at which and the conditions under which an employee is eligible for coverage under this chapter. The Office, after consulting the head of the agency or other employing authority concerned, may exclude an employee on the basis of the nature and type of his employment or conditions pertaining to it, such as short-term appointment, seasonal, intermittent employment, and employment of like nature. The Office may not exclude—
(1) an employee or group of employees solely on the basis of the hazardous nature of employment;
(2) a teacher in the employ of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia, whose pay is fixed by [section 1501 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1501&num=0&edition=prelim), District of Columbia Code, on the basis of the fact that the teacher is serving under a temporary appointment if the teacher has been so employed by the Board for a period or periods totaling not less than two school years; or
(3) an employee who is occupying a position on a part-time career employment basis (as defined in [section 3401(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section3401/2&num=0&edition=prelim)).
**(c)** The Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe regulations to effect the application and operation of this chapter to an individual named by [section 8701(a)(8) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8701/a/8&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a)** The Office of Personnel Management may prescribe regulations necessary to carry out this chapter.
**(b)** The regulations of the Office may prescribe the time at which and the manner and conditions under which an employee is eligible to enroll in an approved health benefits plan described by section 8903 or 8903a of this title. The regulations may exclude an employee on the basis of the nature and type of his employment or conditions pertaining to it, such as short-term appointment, seasonal or intermittent employment, and employment of like nature. The Office may not exclude—
(1) an employee or group of employees solely on the basis of the hazardous nature of employment;
(2) a teacher in the employ of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia, whose pay is fixed by [section 1501 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1501&num=0&edition=prelim), District of Columbia Code, on the basis of the fact that the teacher is serving under a temporary appointment if the teacher has been so employed by the Board for a period or periods totaling not less than two school years;
(3) an employee who is occupying a position on a part-time career employment basis (as defined in [section 3401(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section3401/2&num=0&edition=prelim)); or
(4) an employee who is employed on a temporary basis and is eligible under section 8906a(a).
**(c)** The regulations of the Office shall provide for the beginning and ending dates of coverage of employees, annuitants, members of their families, and former spouses under health benefits plans. The regulations may permit the coverage to continue, exclusive of the temporary extension of coverage described b
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