31 U.S.C. § 1532
Withdrawal and credit
An amount available under law may be withdrawn from one appropriation account and credited to another or to a working fund only when authorized by law. Except as specifically provided by law, an amount authorized to be withdrawn and credited is available for the same purpose and subject to the same limitations provided by the law appropriating the amount. A withdrawal and credit is made by check and without a warrant.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1991–2025 · leading case: Sierra Club v. Trump, 379 F. Supp. 3d 883 (N.D. Cal. 2019).
Sierra Club v. Trump, 379 F. Supp. 3d 883 (N.D. Cal. 2019). “" 31 U.S.C. § 1532 . Section 8005 of the fiscal year 2019 Department of Defense Appropriations Act authorizes the Secretary of Defense to transfer up to $ 4 billion "of working capital funds of the Department of Defense or funds made available in this Act to the Department of…”
State of California v. Donald Trump, 963 F.3d 926 (9th Cir. 2020). “; see also 31 U.S.C. § 1532 . By contrast, a “reprogramming shifts funds within a single appropriation,” and in the absence of specific statutory limitations on reprogramming, agencies have broad discretion to do so “as long as the resulting obligations and expenditures are…”
Star-Glo Assocs., LP v. United States, 59 Fed. Cl. 724 (Fed. Cl. 2004). “V 1993) and 31 U.S.C. § 1532 (1988), affirming the judgment of the Court of Federal Claims dismissing plaintiffs complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted, because the Department of Energy had expended all funds appropriated to it for a particular…”
Am. Hosp. Ass'n v. Sebelius, 76 F. Supp. 3d 43 (D.D.C. 2014). “See 31 U.S.C. § 1532 (“An amount available under law may be withdrawn from one appropriation account and credited to another or to a working fund only when authorized by law.”
Maine Cmty. Health Options v. United States, 133 Fed. Cl. 1 (Fed. Cl. 2017). “” Also, 31 U.S.C. § 1532 states that an “amount available under law may be withdrawn from one appropriation account and credited to another .”
California v. Trump, 379 F. Supp. 3d 928 (N.D. Cal. 2019). “" 31 U.S.C. § 1532 . "[A]ll uses of appropriated funds must be affirmatively approved by Congress," and "the mere absence of a prohibition is not sufficient.”
Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery Cent. Sch. Dist. v. United States, 48 F.3d 1166 (Fed. Cir. 1995). “V 1993) and 31 U.S.C. § 1532 (1988) — also bear upon the question of whether DOE was confronted with a clear congressional mandate and whether it acted in a way that was consistent with that mandate.”
Strom v. Cardona (S.D.N.Y. 2025). “” 3 GAO, PRINCIPLES OF FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS LAW at 3-30; see 31 U.S.C. § 1532 (“An amount available under law may be withdrawn from one appropriation account and credited to another or to a working fund only when authorized by law.”
Auth. of the Nuclear Regulatory Comm'n to Collect Annual Charges from Fed. Agencies (OLC 1991). “Nor does 31 U.S.C. § 1532 , which requires authorization by law to with draw funds from the appropriation account and credit them to another, preclude annual license charges to federal agencies where those charges are deposited into the general fund of the Treasury.”
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