63 STAT.] 81ST CONG., 1ST SESS.-CHS. 299, 300-JULY 6, 1949
[CHAPTER 299]
AN ACT
To permit the Comptroller General to pay claims chargeable against lapsed
appropriations and to provide for the return of unexpended balances of such
appropriations to the surplus fund.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,That, except as other-
wise provided by law, all balances of appropriations contained in the
annual appropriation bills and made specifically for the service of
any fiscal year shall only be applied to the payment of expenses prop-
erly incurred during that year, or to the fulfillment of contracts
properly made within that year.
SEO. 2 . Unless a longer period of availability for expenditure is
specifically provided in an appropriation or other law, on July 1 in
each year the unexpended balances of all appropriations which shall
have remained upon the books of the Government for two fiscal years
following the fiscal year or years for which appropriated shall lapse
and the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause such balances to be
transferred to a consolidated appropriation account, to be known as
"Payment of certified claims", and such funds shall remain available
until expended for the payment of claims, within the limits of and
chargeable to the respective balances of any lapsed appropriations,
which may be certified by the Comptroller General of the United States
to be lawfully due: Provided, That this section shall not apply to
permanent specific appropriations or appropriations for rivers and
harbors, lighthouses, or public buildings (which shall continue avail-
able until otherwise ordered by the Congress) or to appropriations for
the Post Office Department or the postal service: Provided further,
That on July 1 of each year, all funds in the appropriation account
"Payment of certified claims", certified by the Comptroller General of
the United States as not required for the payment of claims thereunder,
shall be carried to the surplus fund of the Treasury.
SEC. 3. This Act shall be effective July 1, 1949, and shall supersede
the provisions of law codified as sections 712, 713, 714, and 716 of title
31 and section 266 of title 5, United States Code, which, on the effective
date of this Act, are hereby repealed.
SEC. 4 . This Act may be cited as the "Surplus Fund-Certified
Claims Act of 1949".
Approved July 6, 1949.
[CHAPTER 300]
AN ACT
To correct inequities in the pay of certain officers and employees of the Federal
Government and of the government of the District of Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a), effective
as of the first day of the first pay period which began after June 30,
1948, each of the rates of basic compensation provided by sections
412 and 415 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (U. S . C., 1946 edition,
title 22, secs. 867 and 870) which do not exceed $10,000 is hereby
increased by $330.
(b) No additional compensation shall be payable by reason of the
enactment of this section for any period prior to the date of enact-
ment of this Act in the case of any person who is not a Foreign Service
407
July 6, 1949
[H. R. 3549]
[Public Law 159]
Surplus Fund-Cer-
tified Claims Act of
1949.
Payment of certified
claims account.
Nonapplicability.
Surplus fund.
Effective date.
Short title.
July 6, 1949
[H. R. 51001
[Public Law 160]
Certain Federal and
D. C . employees.
Compensation in-
crease.
60 Stat. 100.
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