<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="id87e5ac98-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f" identifier="/us/usc/t42/s238k"><num value="238k">§ 238k.</num><heading> Contract authority</heading><content>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">The authority of the Secretary to enter into contracts under this chapter shall be effective for any fiscal year only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance by appropriation Acts.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="id87e5d3a9-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f">(<ref href="/us/act/1944-07-01/ch373">July 1, 1944, ch. 373</ref>, title II, § 242, formerly title V, § 514, as added <ref href="/us/pl/95/623/s11/e">Pub. L. 95–623, § 11(e)</ref>, <date date="1978-11-09">Nov. 9, 1978</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/92/3456">92 Stat. 3456</ref>; renumbered title XXI, § 2114, <ref href="/us/pl/98/24/s2/a/1">Pub. L. 98–24, § 2(a)(1)</ref>, <date date="1983-04-26">Apr. 26, 1983</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/97/176">97 Stat. 176</ref>; renumbered title XXIII, § 2314, <ref href="/us/pl/99/660/tIII/s311/a">Pub. L. 99–660, title III, § 311(a)</ref>, <date date="1986-11-14">Nov. 14, 1986</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/100/3755">100 Stat. 3755</ref>; renumbered title XXV, § 2512, <ref href="/us/pl/100/607/tII/s201/1">Pub. L. 100–607, title II, § 201(1)</ref>, (3), <date date="1988-11-04">Nov. 4, 1988</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/102/3062">102 Stat. 3062</ref>, 3063; renumbered title XXVI, § 2612, <ref href="/us/pl/100/690/tII/s2620/a">Pub. L. 100–690, title II, § 2620(a)</ref>, <date date="1988-11-18">Nov. 18, 1988</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/102/4244">102 Stat. 4244</ref>; renumbered title XXVII, § 2712, <ref href="/us/pl/101/381/tI/s101/1">Pub. L. 101–381, title I, § 101(1)</ref>, (2), <date date="1990-08-18">Aug. 18, 1990</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/104/576">104 Stat. 576</ref>; renumbered title II, § 242, <ref href="/us/pl/103/43/tXX/s2010/a/1">Pub. L. 103–43, title XX, § 2010(a)(1)</ref>–(3), <date date="1993-06-10">June 10, 1993</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/107/213">107 Stat. 213</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I76" topic="codification" id="id87e5d3ab-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Codification</heading>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Section was formerly classified to <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s300aaa–11">section 300aaa–11 of this title</ref> prior to renumbering by <ref href="/us/pl/103/43">Pub. L. 103–43</ref>, to <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s300cc–13">section 300cc–13 of this title</ref> prior to renumbering by <ref href="/us/pl/100/607">Pub. L. 100–607</ref>, to <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s300aa–13">section 300aa–13 of this title</ref> prior to renumbering by <ref href="/us/pl/99/660">Pub. L. 99–660</ref>, and to <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s229c">section 229c of this title</ref> prior to renumbering by <ref href="/us/pl/98/24">Pub. L. 98–24</ref>.</p>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="miscellaneous" id="id87e5d3ac-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Obligations Related to Agreement With Private Entities</heading><p><ref href="/us/pl/105/277/dA/s101/f/tII">Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(f) [title II]</ref>, <date date="1998-10-21">Oct. 21, 1998</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/112/2681-337">112 Stat. 2681–337</ref>, 2681–349, provided in part: <quotedContent origin="/us/pl/105/277/dA/s101/f/tII">“That hereinafter obligations may be incurred related to agreement with private entities without receipt of advance payment.”</quotedContent>
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