Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Upholding the Power of the Purse Act”.
Upholding the Power of the Purse Act
A BILL
To amend title 31, United States Code, to eliminate exceptions to the provisions of such title commonly referred to as the Miscellaneous Receipts Act, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Elimination of exceptions to Miscellaneous Receipts Act
in subsection (a) by striking “Except as provided by another law” and inserting “Except as provided in subsection (c)(3)”; and
in subsection (c), by add at the end the following:
“(3) The requirement in subsection (b) shall not apply to any Federal program under which the Government is a custodian of money for States or units of local government, or under which the Government disperses amounts to States or units of local government.”
Application— The amendments made by subsection (a) shall begin to apply in fiscal year 2024.