§ 3711 Authority to carry out Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program
§ 3712 Use of funds for certain emergent threats or opportunities
§ 3713 Authority for urgent threat reduction activities under Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program
§ 3714 Use of funds for unspecified purposes or for increased amounts
§ 3715 Use of contributions to Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program

Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 50 > Chapter 48 > Subchapter I - Program Authorities

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • State: means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States. See 1 USC 7
  • writing: includes printing and typewriting and reproductions of visual symbols by photographing, multigraphing, mimeographing, manifolding, or otherwise. See 1 USC 1