§ 1101. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 31USC1101]
TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
SUBTITLE II--THE BUDGET PROCESS
CHAPTER 11--THE BUDGET AND FISCAL, BUDGET, AND PROGRAM INFORMATION
Sec. 1101. Definitions
In this chapter--
(1) ``agency'' includes the District of Columbia government but
does not include the legislative branch or the Supreme Court.
(2) ``appropriations'' means appropriated amounts and includes,
in appropriate context--
(A) funds;
(B) authority to make obligations by contract before
appropriations; and
(C) other authority making amounts available for obligation
or expenditure.
(Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 907.)
Historical and Revision Notes
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Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)
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1101(1).............................. 31:2(1st-4th pars.). June 10, 1921, ch. 18, Sec. 2(1st-5th
pars.), 42 Stat. 20; Apr. 3, 1939, ch.
36, Sec. 201, 53 Stat. 565; July 31,
1953, ch. 302, Sec. 101(1st proviso in
par. under heading ``Bureau of the
Budget''), 67 Stat. 299.
1101(2).............................. 31:2(last par.). June 10, 1921, ch. 18, 42 Stat. 20, Sec.
2(last par.); added Sept. 12, 1950, ch.
946, Sec. 101, 64 Stat. 832.
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In the section, a reference to 31:71 and 471 is omitted because the
definitions in the section are not used in 31:71 and 471.
In clause (1), ``agency'' (which is defined for purposes of this
title in section 101 to mean a department, agency, or instrumentality of
the United States) is coextensive with and substituted for the term
``department or establishment'' which was defined in 31:2 as in part
meaning ``any executive department, independent commission, board,
bureau, office, agency, or other establishment of the Government,
including any independent regulatory commission or board''. This
definition merely restates and continues, and does not in any way change
or expand, the definition in 31:2. Under that definition, entities such
as the Tennessee Valley Authority that have been interpreted to be
outside the purview of the definition will continue to be outside the
purview in the same manner and to the same extent that they were under
31:2. The words ``includes the District of Columbia government'' are
used because of existing law but the inclusion of these words is not to
be interpreted as construing the extent to which the District of
Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganizational Act (Pub. L.
93-198, 87 Stat. 774) supersedes the provisions codified in this title.
The words ``of the United States'' are omitted as surplus. The text of
31:2(2d-4th pars.) is omitted as unnecessary because of the restatement.
The text of section 2(3d par.) of the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921
(ch. 18, 42 Stat. 20), is omitted as obsolete because of section 501 of
the revised title.
Short Title of 1993 Amendment
Pub. L. 103-62, Sec. 1, Aug. 3, 1993, 107 Stat. 285, provided that:
``This Act [enacting sections 1115 to 1119, 9703, and 9704 of this
title, section 306 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees,
and sections 2801 to 2805 of Title 39, Postal Service, amending section
1105 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under
section 1115 of this title] may be cited as the `Government Performance
and Results Act of 1993'.''
Short Title of 1984 Amendment
Pub. L. 98-501, title II, Sec. 201, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2324,
provided that: ``This title [amending section 1105 of this title and
enacting provisions set out as a note under section 1105 of this title]
may be cited as the `Federal Capital Investment Program Information Act
of 1984'.''
Executive Order No. 13037
Ex. Ord. No. 13037, Mar. 3, 1997, 62 F.R. 10185, as amended by Ex.
Ord. No. 13066, Oct. 29, 1997, 62 F.R. 59273; Ex. Ord. No. 13108, Dec.
11, 1998, 63 F.R. 69175, which established the Commission to Study
Capital Budgeting, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 13138, Sec. 3(d), Sept.
30, 1999, 64 F.R. 53880, formerly set out as a note under section 14 of
the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1108 of this title.
