---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 U.S.C. § 523"
title: "28"
title_heading: "Judiciary and Judicial Procedure"
number: "523"
heading: "Requisitions"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28/523"
units:
  - "Part II — Department of Justice"
  - "Chapter 31 — The Attorney General"
---

# §523. Requisitions


The Attorney General shall sign all requisitions for the advance or payment of moneys appropriated for the [Department](/usc/28/451.md) of Justice, out of the Treasury, subject to the same control as is exercised on like estimates or accounts by the Government Accountability Office.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 89–554, § 4(c), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 615; amended Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes and<br>Statutes at Large |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 319. | R.S. § 369. |

The words “General Accounting Office” are substituted for “First Auditor or First Comptroller of the Treasury” on authority of the Act of June 10, 1921, ch. 18, § 304, 42 Stat. 24.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2004—Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office”.