For fiscal year 2001 and thereafter, the obligated balances of sums available in multiple-year appropriations accounts shall remain available through the seventh fiscal year after their period of availability has expired for liquidating obligations made during the period of availability. ( Pub. L. 106–377, § 1(a)(1) [title III] , Oct. 27, 2000 , 114 Stat. 1441 , 1441A–44.) Editorial Notes Codification Section was enacted as part of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 , and not as part of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 which comprises this chapter. CFR Title Parts 18 2 , 380