...follows: "Any case where an officer or employee of the United States has involved the Government in a contract or other obligation for the payment of money for any purpose, unless such contract or obligation is authorized by law." Based upon an analysis of the documents furnished...

...follows: "Any case where an officer or employee of the United States has involved the Government in a contract or other obligation for the payment of money for any purpose, unless such contract or obligation is authorized by law." Based upon an analysis of the documents furnished...

...make or authorize any expenditure from or create or authorize an obligation under any appropriation or fund in excess of the amount available therein ; nor...or other obligation, for the payment of money for uny purpose, in advance of appropriations made for such purpose, unless such contract or obligation...

...make or authorize an expenditure from or create or authorize an obligation under any appropriation or fund in excess of the amount available therein; nor...contract or other obligation, for the payment of money or any purpose, in advance of appropriations made for such purpose, unless such contract or obligation...

...for such expenditures would look at title 31, and see that it says that no officer or employee may involve the Government in any contract or other obligation for the payment of money for any purpose in a situation like this. Such an officer may decide that he is just not going to obligate himself to...

...or anthor* \ an expenditure from or create or authorize an obligation under any appropriati« ' or fund in excess of the amount available therein ; nor shall any such officer « employee involve the Government in any contract or other obligation, for the par ment of money for...

...obligations for these two projects were $73.8 million. The balance of subsection (a), section 665, states: "nor shall any such officer or employee involve the...such contract or obligation is authorized by law." FmHA attempted to obligate FY 1981 authority in FY 1980, but whether or not it actually did is questionable....

...conducting their lawful functions, and to prohibit any officer or employee of the Government from involving the Government in any contract or other obligation...in advance of appropriations made for such purpose * * *. " As applicable to your inquiry, section 665(a) prohibits any officer or employee, unless specifically...

...Contracting Tue government, and tnus the Department of Defense, is not • permitted to enter contracts "in advance of appropriations made for such purpose,...such contract or obligation is authorized by law." The regulations are spelled out in the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 b. SC 0005) and related statutes. Defense...

...MAKE OR AUTHORIZE AN EXPENDITURE FROM OR CREATE OR AUTHORIZE AN OBLIGATION UNDER ANY APPROPRIATION OR FUND IN EXCESS OF THE AMOUNT AVAILABLE THEREIN; NOR...SUCH CONTRACT OR OBLIGATION IS AUTHORIZED BY LAW." SPACE TRANS DESCRIBED THAT THEY WOULD PROPOSE TO NASA TWO TYPES OF CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS CONCERNING...