Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel January 16, 1981 (Authority for the Continuance of Government Functions During a Temporary Lapse in Appropriations)

Authority for the Continuance of Government Functions

During a Temporary Lapse in Appropriations

Statutory authority for an agency to incur obligations in advance o f appropriations heed

not be express, but may be implied from the specific duties that: have been imposed

upon, or of authorities that have been invested in, the agency.