31 U.S.C. § 1345

Expenses of meetings

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Except as specifically provided by law, an appropriation may not be used for travel, transportation, and subsistence expenses for a meeting. This section does not prohibit—(1) an agency from paying the expenses of an officer or employee of the United States Government carrying out an official duty; and(2) the Secretary of Agriculture from paying necessary expenses for a meeting called by the Secretary for 4–H Boys and Girls Clubs as part of the cooperative extension work of the Department of Agriculture.(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 925.)

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised Section	Source (U.S. Code)	Source (Statutes at Large)
1345	31:551.	Feb. 2, 1935, ch. 4, 49 Stat. 19.
	31:552.	June 17, 1935, ch. 271, 49 Stat. 387.

In the section, before clause (1), the word “appropriation” is substituted for “no moneys from funds appropriated for any purpose” in 31:551 for consistency in the revised title. The words “travel, transportation, and subsistence expenses for a meeting” are substituted for “the purpose of lodging, feeding, conveying, or furnishing transportation to, any conventions or other form of assemblage or gathering” to eliminate unnecessary words. The words “to be held in the District of Columbia or elsewhere” are omitted as unnecessary.

In clause (1), the words “agency from paying” are substituted for “the payment of” for clarity and because of section 101 of the revised title.

Statutory Notes and Related SubsidiariesAvailability of Appropriations for Expenses of Attending Meetings

Pub. L. 102–394, title V, § 505, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1825, provided that: “Appropriations contained in this Act or subsequent Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts, available for salaries and expenses, shall be available for expenses of attendance at meetings which are concerned with the functions or activities for which the appropriation is made or which will contribute to improved conduct, supervision, or management of those functions or activities.”

Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:

Pub. L. 102–170, title V, § 505, Nov. 26, 1991, 105 Stat. 1141.

Pub. L. 101–517, title V, § 505, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2221.

Pub. L. 101–166, title V, § 505, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1189.

Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(h) [title V, § 505], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–256, 1329–287.

Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(i) [H.R. 5233, title V, § 505], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–287, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(i) [H.R. 5233, title V, § 505], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–287.

Pub. L. 99–178, title V, § 505, Dec. 12, 1985, 99 Stat. 1132.

Pub. L. 98–619, title V, § 505, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3333.

Pub. L. 98–139, title V, § 505, Oct. 31, 1983, 97 Stat. 899.

Pub. L. 97–377, title I, § 101(e)(1) [title V, § 505], Dec. 21, 1982, 96 Stat. 1878, 1904.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1983–2007 · leading case: Use of Appropriated Funds to Provide Light Refreshments to Non-Fed. Participants at EPA Conferences (OLC 2007).

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Use of Appropriated Funds to Provide Light Refreshments to Non-Fed. Participants at EPA Conferences (OLC 2007). · cites it 4× “Use of Appropriated Funds to Provide Light Refreshments to Non-Federal Participants at EPA Conferences Light refreshments are “subsistence expenses” to which the prohibition of 31 U.S.C. § 1345 applies, and various statutory provisions that authorize the Environmental Protection…”

Use of Appropriations to Pay Travel Expenses of Int'l Trade Admin. Fellows (OLC 2004). · cites it 4× “October 7, 2004 MEMORANDUM OPINION FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE You have asked whether a proposed International Trade Administration (“ITA”) fellowship program that would bring representatives from various coun- tries to the United States would constitute a…”

Applicability of the Miscellaneous Receipts Act to Pers. Convenience Fees Paid to a Contractor by Attendees at Agency-Sponsored Conferences (OLC 2006). “As you recognize, 31 U.S.C. § 1345 forbids an agency in many cases from using an appropriation for “travel, transportation, and subsistence expenses for a meeting.”

Applicability of the Antideficiency Act ApportionmentRequirements to the Nonadministrative Funds of the Fed. Sav. & Loan Ins. Corp. (OLC 1983). “See 31 U.S.C. § 1345 (excepting agencies from travel expenses prohibition); Comp.”

Transp. for Spouses of Cabinet Members (OLC 1990). “) See also 31 U. S. C. § 1345 (no appropriation may be used to pay for transportation expenses of anyone except a _federal officer or employee carrying out official business); 31 lU.”

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