{"identifier":"/us/usc/t31/s1511","title":31,"num":"\u00a7\u202f1511.","heading":"Definition and application","text":"\u00a7\u202f1511.\nDefinition and application\n(a) In this subchapter, \u201cappropriations\u201d means\u2014\n(1) appropriated amounts;\n(2) funds; and\n(3) authority to make obligations by contract before appropriations.\n(b) This subchapter does not apply to\u2014\n(1) amounts (except amounts for administrative expenses) available\u2014\n(A) for price support and surplus removal of agricultural commodities; and\n(B) under\nsection 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935\n7 U.S.C. 612c\n(2) a corporation getting amounts to make loans (except paid in capital amounts) without legal liability on the part of the United States Government; and\n(3) the Senate, the House of Representatives, a committee of Congress, a member, officer, employee, or office of either House of Congress, or the Office of the Architect of the Capitol or an officer or employee of that Office.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t31/s1511.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t31/s1511","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f1511."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definition and application"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t31/s1511/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" In this subchapter, \u201cappropriations\u201d means\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t31/s1511/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" appropriated amounts;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t31/s1511/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" funds; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t31/s1511/a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" authority to make obligations by contract before appropriations.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t31/s1511/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" This subchapter does not apply to\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t31/s1511/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" amounts (except amounts for administrative expenses) available\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t31/s1511/b/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" for price support and surplus removal of agricultural commodities; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t31/s1511/b/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935","href":"/us/act/1935-08-24/s32","tail":" ("},{"t":"ref","text":"7 U.S.C. 612c","href":"/us/usc/t7/s612c","tail":");"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t31/s1511/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" a corporation getting amounts to make loans (except paid in capital amounts) without legal liability on the part of the United States Government; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t31/s1511/b/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" the Senate, the House of Representatives, a committee of Congress, a member, officer, employee, or office of either House of Congress, or the Office of the Architect of the Capitol or an officer or employee of that Office.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}