Pub. L. 102-484, div. A, tit. X, subtit. A, sec. 1003

TREATMENT OF CERTAIN “M” ACCOUNT OBLIGATIONS.

EnactedYear: 1992Length: 357 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 1003. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN “M” ACCOUNT OBLIGATIONS. (a) Limitation.—The Secretary of Defense may not reobligate any sum in a merged (or so-called “M”) account of the Department of Defense until the Secretary has identified an equal sum under section 1406 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 104 Stat. 1680) that can be canceled. (b) Requirement for Reciprocal Cancellation.—Whenever the Secretary of Defense reobligates funds from a merged (or so-called “M”) account of the Department of Defense, the Secretary shall at the same time cancel with the Treasury of the United States a sum in the same amount as the reobligation from a merged account of the Department of Defense. (c) Monthly Reports.—The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a monthly report, for each month beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act through September 1993, on the amount of funds reobligated during the month from merged accounts of the Department of Defense and the amount of funds canceled during the month from such accounts. Each report shall be submitted not later than the 21st day of the month after the month covered by the report. (d) Notice-and-Wait.—(1) Whenever the Secretary of Defense proposes to reobligate from a merged (or so-called “M”) account of the Department of Defense any sum in an amount greater than $10,000,000, the reobligation may not be made until— (A) the Secretary notifies Congress of the amount to be reobligated, the source of the funds to be reobligated, and the purpose the funds will be reobligated for; and (B) a period of 30 days passes after the notice is received. (2) The limitation in paragraph (1) applies to reobligations for a single purpose in a sum greater than the amount specified in that paragraph. Such a reobligation may not be divided into several smaller sums to avoid such limitation. (e) Duration of Limitations.—Subsections (a) and (b) shall cease to apply when all audits and cancellations of balances required by section 1406 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 104 Stat. 1680) have been completed.