# 52.232-18 Availability of Funds.
Type: Clause
Prescribed in: 32.706-1(a)
Current version date: APR 1984

## Prescription and Applicability

### FAR Prescription, 32.706-1(a)

(a) Insert the clause at 52.232-18, Availability of Funds, in solicitations and contracts if the contract will be chargeable to funds of the new fiscal year and the contract action will be initiated before the funds are available.

## Current Text

52.232-18 Availability of Funds.

As prescribed in 32.706-1(a), insert the following clause:

Availability of Funds (APR 1984)

Funds are not presently available for this contract. The Government's obligation under this contract is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds from which payment for contract purposes can be made. No legal liability on the part of the Government for any payment may arise until funds are made available to the Contracting Officer for this contract and until the Contractor receives notice of such availability, to be confirmed in writing by the Contracting Officer.

(End of clause)

[48 FR 42478, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 67 FR 13054, Mar. 20, 2002; 78 FR 37689, June 21, 2013]

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Reference: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-48/section-52.232-18