§ 12. — No contract to exceed appropriation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 41USC12]
TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS
CHAPTER 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 12. No contract to exceed appropriation
No contract shall be entered into for the erection, repair, or
furnishing of any public building, or for any public improvement which
shall bind the Government to pay a larger sum of money than the amount
in the Treasury appropriated for the specific purpose.
(R.S. Sec. 3733.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 3733 derived from act July 25, 1868, ch. 233, Sec. 3, 15
Stat. 177.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 22 sections 277d-3, 2396.
