48 U.S.C. § 1423j

Authorization of appropriations

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(a) Appropriations, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, and except such appropriations as shall be made from time to time by the Congress of the United States, shall be made by the legislature.(b) If at the termination of any fiscal year the legislature shall have failed to pass appropriation bills providing for payments of the necessary current expenses of the government and meeting its legal obligations for the ensuing fiscal year, then the several sums appropriated in the last appropriation bills for the objects and purposes therein specified, so far as the same may be applicable, shall be deemed to be reappropriated, item by item.(c) All appropriations made prior to August 1, 1950 shall be available to the government of Guam.(Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, § 20, 64 Stat. 389.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1977–2026 · leading case: Thirteenth Guam Legislature v. Bordallo, 430 F. Supp. 405 (D. Guam 1977).

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Thirteenth Guam Legislature v. Bordallo, 430 F. Supp. 405 (D. Guam 1977). · cites it 2× “Invoking the provisions of 48 U.S.C. § 1423j(b), which provides for the automatic reappropriation of the prior year’s funds in the event the legislature fails to pass neces *407 sary appropriations bills for the current fiscal year, the Governor continued to finance expenditures…”

Layla Story-Bernardo v. Gov't of Guam, Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero, 2023 Guam 27 (Guam 2023). · cites it 2× “” 48 U.S.C.A. § 1423j(a). This section of the Organic Act gives the Guam Legislature “plenary or absolute power over appropriations.”

Gov't of Guam & Douglas B. Moylan, in his Off. capacity as the Attorney Gen. of Guam v. Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero, in her Off. capacity as the Governor of Guam & Guam Hous. & Urban Renewal Auth., a Pub. Body Corp. (D. Guam 2026). · cites it 2× “More importantly, Count II of the PAC fails 25 26 20 In this case, the Supreme Court of Guam found that a contract entered into by the then 27 governor violated the Organic Act, 48 U.S.C. § 1423j, and Guam law (5 GCA § 22401).”

— 48 U.S.C. § 1423j(a) — 2 cases

Layla Story-Bernardo v. Gov't of Guam, Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero, 2023 Guam 27 (Guam 2023). “” 48 U.S.C.A. § 1423j(a). This section of the Organic Act gives the Guam Legislature “plenary or absolute power over appropriations.”

Gov't of Guam & Douglas B. Moylan, in his Off. capacity as the Attorney Gen. of Guam v. Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero, in her Off. capacity as the Governor of Guam & Guam Hous. & Urban Renewal Auth., a Pub. Body Corp. (D. Guam 2026). “More importantly, Count II of the PAC fails 25 26 20 In this case, the Supreme Court of Guam found that a contract entered into by the then 27 governor violated the Organic Act, 48 U.S.C. § 1423j, and Guam law (5 GCA § 22401).”

— 48 U.S.C. § 1423j(b) — 1 case

Thirteenth Guam Legislature v. Bordallo, 430 F. Supp. 405 (D. Guam 1977). “Invoking the provisions of 48 U.S.C. § 1423j(b), which provides for the automatic reappropriation of the prior year’s funds in the event the legislature fails to pass neces *407 sary appropriations bills for the current fiscal year, the Governor continued to finance expenditures…”

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