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title: "31 U.S.C. § 1303"
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# 31 U.S.C. § 1303 - Effect of changes in titles of appropriations

## Text

Expenditures for a particular object or purpose authorized by a law (and referred to in that law by the specific title previously used for the appropriation item in the appropriation law concerned) may be made from a corresponding appropriation item when the specific title is changed or eliminated from a later appropriation law.

(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 917.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 130331:581(note).Sept. 12, 1950, ch. 946, § 302(b), 64 Stat. 844.