10 U.S.C. § 3131

Availability of appropriations

(a)

Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for research and development remain available for obligation for a period of two consecutive years.

(b)

Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for research and development may be used—

(1)

for the purposes of section 4141 of this title ; and

(2)

for purposes related to research and development for which expenditures are specifically authorized in other appropriations of the Department of Defense.

(Added Pub. L. 97–258, § 2(b)(3)(B) , Sept. 13, 1982 , 96 Stat. 1052 , § 2361; renumbered § 2351 and amended Pub. L. 100–370, § 1(g)(1) , July 19, 1988 , 102 Stat. 846 ; renumbered § 3131 and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII , §§ 1809(b), 1883(b)(2), Jan. 1, 2021 , 134 Stat. 4161 , 4294; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVII, § 1701(d)(1) , Dec. 27, 2021 , 135 Stat. 2136 .)