An Act to revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to money and finance, as title 31, United States Code, "Money and Finance".
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Money and Finance Enactment as title 31, United States Code
Introduced in the House as H.R. 6128 by Peter W. Rodino, Jr. (D-NJ) on April 21, 1982
Committee consideration by House Judiciary, Senate Judiciary
Passed the House on August 9, 1982 (passed voice vote)
Passed the Senate Committee on Judiciary on August 20, 1982 (unanimous consent) with amendment
Senate agreed to Senate Committee on Judiciary amendment on August 20, 1982 (passed voice vote)
Signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on September 13, 1982
The Antideficiency Act (ADA) (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 97–258, 96 Stat. 923) is legislation enacted by the United States Congress to prevent the incurring of obligations or the making of expenditures (outlays) in excess of amounts available in appropriations or funds. The law was initially enacted in 1884, with major amendments occurring in 1950 (64 Stat. 765) and 1982 (96 Stat. 923). It is now codified at 31 U.S.C. § 1341, § 1342, §§ 1349–1351 and §§ 1511–1519.[1] The Act was previously enacted as section 3679 of the Revised Statutes.
The ADA prohibits the U.S. federal government from entering into a contract that is not "fully funded" because doing so would obligate the government in the absence of an appropriation adequate to the needs of the contract. Accordingly, it is often cited during U.S. government shutdowns as a reason for the closure of certain departments or facilities.
^See note to subchapter III of chapter 13 of Title 31 of the United States Code (31 U.S.C. note prec. 1341): Certain provisions of this subchapter and subchapter II of chapter 15 of this title were originally enacted as section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, popularly known as the Anti-Deficiency Act. That section was repealed as part of the general revision of this title by Pub. L. 97–258, and its provisions restated in sections 1341, 1342, 1349 to 1351, and 1511 to 1519 of this title.
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