budget prohibitions

budget prohibitions Sec. 1808. (a) No advisory committee shall expend funds in excess of its estimated annual operating costs by more than 10 per centum or $500, whichever is greater, unless it files a request therefor with the Secretary prior to any such expenditure which shall specify the use to which such funds will be put together with a comprehensive explanation as to why such expenditures were not known at the time of the annual estimate of operating costs, and the Secretary approves such request. (b) The Secretary shall not approve the release of any funds under the Secretary’s control to an advisory committee for any such overrun expenditure unless the Secretary finds that such funds are essential to the performance of the advisory committee’s mission and the need for such funds could not have been reasonably anticipated.