Us Code § 103a - Department of Homeland Security Nonrecurring Expenses Fund
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§ 103a. Department of Homeland Security Nonrecurring Expenses Fund
(a) Establishment
There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the "Department of Homeland Security Nonrecurring Expenses Fund" (the Fund).
(b) Transfer of unobligated balances of expired discretionary funds
Unobligated balances of expired discretionary funds appropriated for this or any succeeding fiscal year from the General Fund of the Treasury to the Department of Homeland Security by this or any other Act may be transferred (not later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which such funds are available for the purposes for which appropriated) into the Fund.
(c) Availability of funds
Amounts deposited in the Fund shall be available until expended, and in addition to such other funds as may be available for such purposes, for information technology system modernization and facilities infrastructure improvements necessary for the operation of the Department, subject to approval by the Office of Management and Budget.
(d) Notification of planned use of funds
Amounts in the Fund may be obligated only after the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of the planned use of funds.
(Pub. L. 117–103, div. F, title V, §538, Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 343.)
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2022, and also as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, and not as part of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 which comprises this chapter.
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