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50 U.S.C. § 1651 — Other laws, powers and authorities conferred thereby, and actions taken thereunder; Congressional studies
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**(a)** The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the following provisions of law, the powers and authorities conferred thereby, and actions taken thereunder:
(1) Chapters 1 to 11 of title 40 and division C (except sections 3302, 3307(e), 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of title 41.
(2) Section 3727(a)–(e)(1) of title 31.
(3) [Section 6305 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section6305&num=0&edition=prelim).
(4) Public Law 85–804 (Act of Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 972; [50 U.S.C. 1431](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1431&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).
(5) [Section 3201(a) of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section3201/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b)** Each committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate having jurisdiction with respect to any provision of law referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall make a complete study and investigation concerning that provision of law and make a report, including any recommendations and proposed revisions such committee may have, to its respective House of Congress within two hundred and seventy days after September 14, 1976.
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**(a)** The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the following provisions of law, the powers and authorities conferred thereby, and actions taken thereunder:
(1) Chapters 1 to 11 of title 40 and division C (except sections 3302, 3307(e), 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of title 41.
(2) Section 3727(a)–(e)(1) of title 31.
(3) [Section 6305 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section6305&num=0&edition=prelim).
(4) Public Law 85–804 (Act of Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 972; [50 U.S.C. 1431](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1431&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).
(5) [Section 3201(a) of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section3201/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b)** Each committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate having jurisdiction with respect to any provision of law referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall make a complete study and investigation concerning that provision of law and make a report, including any recommendations and proposed revisions such committee may have, to its respective House of Congress within two hundred and seventy days after September 14, 1976.
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**(a) General Prohibition on Transfer of Contracts.—** The party to whom the Federal Government gives a contract or order may not transfer the contract or order, or any interest in the contract or order, to another party. A purported transfer in violation of this subsection annuls the contract or order so far as the Federal Government is concerned, except that all rights of action for breach of contract are reserved to the Federal Government.
**(b) Assignment.—**
(1) **In general.—** — Notwithstanding subsection (a) and in accordance with the requirements of this subsection, amounts due from the Federal Government under a contract may be assigned to a bank, trust company, Federal lending agency, or other financing institution.
(2) **Minimum amount.—** — This subsection applies only to a contract under which the aggregate amounts due from the Federal Government total at least $1,000.
(3) **Accord with contract terms.—** — Assignment may not be made under this subsection if the contract forbids the assignment.
(4) **Full balance due.—** — Unless otherwise expressly permitted by the contract, an assignment under this subsection must cover the balance of all amounts due from the Federal Government under the contract.
(5) **Single assignment.—** — Unless otherwise expressly permitted by the contract, an assignment under this subsection may not be made to more than one party or be subject to further assignment, except that assignment may be made to one party as agent or trustee for 2 or more parties participating in the financing.
(6) **Written notice.—** — The assignee of an assignment under this subsection shall file written notice of the assignment and a true copy of the instrument of assignment with—
(A) the contracting officer or head of the officer’s departmen
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**(a)** The President may authorize any department or agency of the Government which exercises functions in connection with the national defense, acting in accordance with regulations prescribed by the President for the protection of the Government, to enter into contracts or into amendments or modifications of contracts heretofore or hereafter made and to make advance payments thereon, without regard to other provisions of law relating to the making, performance, amendment, or modification of contracts, whenever he deems that such action would facilitate the national defense. The authority conferred by this section shall not be utilized to obligate the United States in an amount in excess of $500,000 without approval by an official at or above the level of an Assistant Secretary or his Deputy, or an assistant head or his deputy, of such department or agency, or by a Contract Adjustment Board established therein. The authority conferred by this section may not be utilized to obligate the United States in an amount in excess of $150,000,000 unless the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives and in addition, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate with respect to contracts, or modifications or amendments to contracts, or advance payments proposed to be made under this section by the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating with respect to the acquisition of Coast Guard cutters or aircraft, have been notified in writing of such proposed obligation and 60 days of continuous session of Congress have expired following the date on which such notice was transmitted to such Committees. For purposes of thi
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**(a) In General.—** The following definitions apply in this title:
(1) The term “United States”, in a geographic sense, means the States and the District of Columbia.
(2) Repealed. Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, § 1057(a)(1), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3440.]
(3) The term “possessions” includes the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Guano Islands, so long as they remain possessions, but does not include any Commonwealth.
(4) The term “armed forces” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard.
(5) The term “uniformed services” means—
(A) the armed forces;
(B) the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
(C) the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service.
(6) The term “department”, when used with respect to a military department, means the executive part of the department and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of the department. When used with respect to the Department of Defense, such term means the executive part of the department, including the executive parts of the military departments, and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of Defense, including those of the military departments.
(7) The term “executive part of the department” means the executive part of the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, or Department of the Air Force, as the case may be, at the seat of government.
(8) The term “military departments” means the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force.
(9) The term
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TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§ 1431
Section 1414, act June 25, 1956, ch. 439, § 4, 70 Stat. 333,
related to restriction on counting Academy service to-
wards length of service as an officer.
CHAPTER 29—NATIONAL DEFENSE
CONTRACTS
Sec.
1431.
Authorization; official approval; Congres-
sional action: notification of committees of
certain proposed obligations, resolution of
disapproval, continuity of session, com-
putation of period.
1432.
Restrictions.
1433.
Public record; examination of records by
Comptroller General; exemptions: excep-
tional conditions; reports to Congress.
1434.
Repealed.
1435.
Effective period.
1436.
Repealed.
§ 1431. Authorization; official approval; Congres-
sional action: notification of committees of
certain proposed obligations, resolution of
disapproval, continuity of session, computa-
tion of period
(a) The President may authorize any depart-
ment or agency of the Government which exer-
cises functions in connection with the national
defense, acting in accordance with regulations
prescribed by the President for the protection of
the Government, to enter into contracts or into
amendments or modifications of contracts here-
tofore or hereafter made and to make advance
payments thereon, without regard to other pro-
visions of law relating to the making, perform-
ance, amendment, or modification of contracts,
whenever he deems that such action would fa-
cilitate the national defense. The authority con-
ferred by this section shall not be utilized to ob-
ligate the United States in an amount in excess
of $500,000 without approval by an official at or
above the level of an Assistant Secretary or his
Deputy, or an assistant head or his deputy, of
such department or agency, or by a Contract Ad-
justment Boar
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TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§ 1651
after the end of each six-month period after such
declaration, a report on the total expenditures
incurred by the United States Government dur-
ing such six-month period which are directly at-
tributable to the exercise of powers and authori-
ties conferred by such declaration. Not later
than ninety days after the termination of each
such emergency or war, the President shall
transmit a final report on all such expenditures.
(Pub. L. 94–412, title IV, § 401, Sept. 14, 1976, 90
Stat. 1257.)
Executive Documents
DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY OF CERTAIN NATIONAL
EMERGENCY EXPENDITURE REPORTING FUNCTIONS
Memorandum of President of the United States, July
7, 2023, 88 F.R. 44665, provided:
Memorandum
for
the
Secretary
of
Homeland
Security[,] the Secretary of Health and Human
Services[, and] the Secretary of the Treasury
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including the National Emergencies Act (50
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA) and section 301 of title 3,
United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:
SECTION 1. Delegations. The Secretary of Homeland
Security is hereby authorized to submit expenditure in-
formation to the Congress on the national emergency
declared in Proclamation 6867 [46 U.S.C. 70051 note], as
amended [sic] by Proclamation 7757 [46 U.S.C. 70051
note], Proclamation 9398 [46 U.S.C. 70051 note], and
Proclamation 9699 [46 U.S.C. 70051 note], consistent
with section 401(c) of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 1641(c)). The
Secretary of Homeland Security is hereby authorized
to submit expenditure information to the Congress on
the national emergency declared in Proclamation 10371
[46 U.S.C. 70051 note], consistent with section
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