United States Code
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§ 3322.
Disbursing officials
(a)
The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer public money to a disbursing official only by draft or warrant written on the Treasury. Except as provided in section 3716 and section 3720A of this title and subsection (b) of this section, a disbursing official shall—
(1)
deposit public money as required by section 3302 of this title; and
(2)
draw public money from the Treasury or a depositary only—
(A)
as necessary to make payments; and
(B)
payable to persons to whom payment is to be made.
(b)
In a place without a depositary, the Secretary, on deciding it is essential to the public interest, may authorize specially in writing that public money be—
(1)
deposited in any other public depositary; or
(2)
kept in another manner under regulations the Secretary decides are the safest and most effective in making a payment to a public creditor easier.
(c)
(1)
use of improper transportation rates or classifications if the Administrator of General Services has determined that verification by a prepayment audit conducted pursuant to section 3726(a) of this title for a particular mode or modes of transportation, or for an agency or subagency, will not adequately protect the interests of the Government; or
(2)
failure to deduct the proper amount under—
(A)
a land grant law; or
(B)
an equalization or other agreement.
(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982 , 96 Stat. 950; Pub. L. 98–216, § 1(3), Feb. 14, 1984 , 98 Stat. 3; Pub. L. 104–134, title III, § 31001(g)(1)(A), Apr. 26, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1321–363; Pub. L. 105–264, § 3(a)(1), Oct. 19, 1998 , 112 Stat. 2352.)
cite as: 31 USC 3322
