Reading Room Document

Exercise of Transfer Authority Under § 110 of H.J. Res. 370

The substantive authonty granted the Secretary of the Treasury by H.J. Res. 370 to transfer funds between appropriation accounts is severable from the unconstitutional "committee approval" provision in that law, and may be exercised by the Secretary within a reasonable period after he has informed the Appropriations Committee of his intent to do so. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/23141/download.

September 2, 1982