Title 22 of the U.S. Code § 1477 - Transfer of funds
Full text of § 1477 from Title 22 of the United States Code.
§ 1477. Transfer of funds
The Secretary shall authorize the transfer to other Government agencies for expenditure in the United States and in other countries, in order to carry out the purposes of this chapter, any part of any appropriations available to the Department for carrying out the purposes of this chapter, for direct expenditure or as a working fund, and any such expenditures may be made under the specific authority contained in this chapter or under the authority governing the activities of the Government agency to which a part of any such appropriation is transferred, provided the activities come within the scope of this chapter.
(Jan. 27, 1948, ch. 36, title VII, §702, 62 Stat. 11.)
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