Under the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C. § 1341), recovery-plan language cannot commit a federal agency to obligate or pay funds in any fiscal year beyond the appropriations made by Congress.
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- Recovery of Species Under the Endangered Species Act (fisheries.noaa.gov)
- https://www.gao.gov/legal/appropriations-law/resources (gao.gov)
- https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/94-818.ZO.html (law.cornell.edu)
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