(a) Prohibition.—An officer or employee of the Department of Defense may not direct the designation of funds for a particular purpose in the budget of the President, as submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, or the supporting documents of the Department of Defense component of such budget, with the knowledge or intent that such funds, if made available to the Department, will not be used for the purpose for which they are designated.
(b) Penalties.—The direction of the designation of funds in violation of the prohibition in subsection (a) shall be treated for purposes of chapter 13 of title 31 as a violation of section 1341(a)(1)(A) of such title.
Structure US Code
Subtitle A— General Military Law
PART IV— SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY
CHAPTER 165— ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY
§ 2771. Final settlement of accounts: deceased members
§ 2772. Share of fines and forfeitures to benefit Armed Forces Retirement Home
§ 2773. Designation, powers, and accountability of deputy disbursing officials
§ 2773a. Departmental accountable officials
§ 2773b. Parking of funds: prohibition; penalties
§ 2774. Claims for overpayment of pay and allowances and of travel and transportation allowances
§ 2775. Liability of members assigned to military housing
§ 2776. Use of receipts of public money for current expenditures
§ 2777. Requisitions for advances and removal of charges outstanding in accounts of advances
§ 2779. Use of funds because of fluctuations in currency exchange rates of foreign countries
§ 2781. Availability of appropriations: exchange fees; losses in accounts
§ 2782. Damage to real property: disposition of amounts recovered
§ 2784a. Management of travel cards
§ 2785. Remittance addresses: regulation of alterations
§ 2788. Property accountability: regulations
§ 2789. Individual equipment: unauthorized disposition
§ 2790. Recovery of improperly disposed of Department of Defense property