41 U.S.C. § 11 : US Code - Section 11: No contracts or purchases unless authorized or under adequate appropriation; report to the Congress

Search 41 U.S.C. § 11 : US Code - Section 11: No contracts or purchases unless authorized or under adequate appropriation; report to the Congress

(a) No contract or purchase on behalf of the United States shall
be made, unless the same is authorized by law or is under an
appropriation adequate to its fulfillment, except in the Department
of Defense and in the Department of Transportation with respect to
the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy,
for clothing, subsistence, forage, fuel, quarters, transportation,
or medical and hospital supplies, which, however, shall not exceed
the necessities of the current year.
(b) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation
with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a
service in the Navy shall immediately advise the Congress of the
exercise of the authority granted in subsection (a) of this
section, and shall report quarterly on the estimated obligations
incurred pursuant to the authority granted in subsection (a) of
this section.