US Code
Title 31— MONEY AND FINANCE

§ 713. Audit of Internal Revenue Service, Tax and Trade Bureau, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives - (a) Under regulations of the Comptroller General, the Comptroller General...

§ 714. Audit of Financial Institutions Examination Council, Federal Reserve Board, Federal reserve banks, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Office of Comptroller of the Currency - (a) In this section, “agency” means the Financial Institutions Examination...

§ 715. Audit of accounts and operations of the District of Columbia government - (a) In addition to the audit carried out under section...

§ 716. Availability of information and inspection of records - (a)(1) The Comptroller General is authorized to obtain such agency...

§ 717. Evaluating programs and activities of the United States Government - (a) In this section, “agency” means a department, agency, or...

§ 718. Availability of draft reports - (a) A draft report of an audit under section 714...

§ 719. Comptroller General reports - (a) At the beginning of each regular session of Congress,...

§ 720. Agency reports - (a) In this section, “agency” means a department, agency, or...

§ 721. Access to certain information - (a) No provision of the Social Security Act, including section...

SUBCHAPTER III— PERSONNEL

§ 731. General - (a) The Comptroller General may appoint, pay, assign, and remove...

§ 732. Personnel management system - (a) The Comptroller General shall maintain a personnel management system....

§ 732a. Critical positions - (a) The Comptroller General may establish senior-level positions to meet...

§ 733. Senior Executive Service - (a) The Comptroller General may establish a General Accounting Office...

§ 734. Assignments and details to Congress - The Comptroller General may assign or detail an officer or...

§ 735. Relationship to other laws - (a) Except as provided in section 733(c) of this title,...

§ 736. Authorization of appropriations - Amounts necessary to carry out this subchapter and subchapter IV...

SUBCHAPTER IV— PERSONNEL APPEALS BOARD

§ 751. Organization - (a) The Government Accountability Office has a General Accounting Office...

§ 752. Chairman and General Counsel - (a) The General Accounting Office Personnel Appeals Board 11 See...

§ 753. Duties and powers - (a) The General Accounting Office Personnel Appeals Board 11 See...

§ 754. Action by the Comptroller General - When the Comptroller General has authority, the Comptroller General promptly...

§ 755. Judicial review - (a) A final decision under section 753(a)(1)–(3), (6),,11 So in...

SUBCHAPTER V— ANNUITIES

§ 771. Definitions - (1) “dependent child” means an unmarried dependent child (including a...

§ 772. Annuity of the Comptroller General - (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section,...

§ 773. Election of survivor benefits - (a) To provide survivor benefits, a Comptroller General may elect...

§ 774. Survivor annuities - (a) In this section—(1) “allowable military service” means honorable active...

§ 775. Refunds - (a) A Comptroller General separated from office before becoming entitled...

§ 776. Payment of survivor benefits - (a) An annuity under section 774 of this title accrues...

§ 777. Annuity increases - (a) An annuity payable under this subchapter shall be increased...

§ 778. Dependency and disability decisions - The General Counsel of the Government Accountability Office shall decide...

§ 779. Use of appropriations - Annuities and refunds under this subchapter shall be paid by...

SUBCHAPTER VI— PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

§ 781. Authority over the General Accounting Office Building - (a) The Comptroller General shall have exclusive custody and control...

§ 782. Leasing of space in the General Accounting Office Building - The Comptroller General is authorized to lease or otherwise provide...

§ 783. Rules and regulations - (a) The Comptroller General is authorized to make all needful...

SUBCHAPTER VII— CENTER FOR AUDIT EXCELLENCE

§ 791. Center for Audit Excellence - (a) Establishment.—The Comptroller General shall establish, maintain, and operate a...

§ 792. Account - (a) Establishment of Separate Account.—There is established in the Treasury...

§ 793. Authorization of appropriations - There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may...

CHAPTER 9— AGENCY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICERS

§ 901. Establishment of agency Chief Financial Officers - (a) There shall be within each agency described in subsection...

§ 902. Authority and functions of agency Chief Financial Officers - (a) An agency Chief Financial Officer shall—(1) report directly to...

§ 903. Establishment of agency Deputy Chief Financial Officers - (a) There shall be within each agency described in section...

SUBTITLE II— THE BUDGET PROCESS

CHAPTER 11— THE BUDGET AND FISCAL, BUDGET, AND PROGRAM INFORMATION

§ 1101. Definitions - (1) “agency” includes the District of Columbia government but does...

§ 1102. Fiscal year - The fiscal year of the Treasury begins on October 1...

§ 1103. Budget ceiling - Congress reaffirms its commitment that budget outlays of the United...

§ 1104. Budget and appropriations authority of the President - (a) The President shall prepare budgets of the United States...

§ 1105. Budget contents and submission to Congress - (a) On or after the first Monday in January but...

§ 1106. Supplemental budget estimates and changes - (a) Before July 16 of each year, the President shall...

§ 1107. Deficiency and supplemental appropriations - The President may submit to Congress proposed deficiency and supplemental...

§ 1108. Preparation and submission of appropriations requests to the President - (a) In this section (except subsections (b)(1) and (e)), “agency”...

§ 1109. Current programs and activities estimates - (a) On or before the first Monday after January 3...

§ 1110. Year-ahead requests for authorizing legislation - A request to enact legislation authorizing new budget authority to...

§ 1111. Improving economy and efficiency - (1) make a study of each agency to decide, and...

§ 1112. Fiscal, budget, and program information - (a) In this section, “agency” means a department, agency, or...

§ 1113. Congressional information - (a)(1) When requested by a committee of Congress having jurisdiction...

[§ 1114. Repealed. , , ] -

§ 1115. Federal Government and agency performance plans - (a) Federal Government Performance Plans.—In carrying out the provisions of...

§ 1116. Agency performance reporting - (a) The head of each agency shall make available on...

§ 1117. Exemption - The Director of the Office of Management and Budget may...

§ 1118. Pilot projects for performance goals - (a) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget,...

§ 1119. Pilot projects for performance budgeting - (a) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget,...

§ 1120. Federal Government and agency priority goals - (a) Federal Government Priority Goals.—(1) The Director of the Office...

§ 1121. Quarterly priority progress reviews and use of performance information - (a) Use of Performance Information To Achieve Federal Government Priority...

§ 1122. Transparency of programs, priority goals, and results - (a) Transparency of Agency Programs.—(1) Definitions.—For purposes of this subsection—(A)...

§ 1123. Chief Operating Officers - (a) Establishment.—At each agency, the deputy head of agency, or...

§ 1124. Performance Improvement Officers and the Performance Improvement Council - (a) Performance Improvement Officers.—(1) Establishment.—At each agency, the head of...

§ 1125. Elimination of unnecessary agency reporting - (a) Agency Identification of Unnecessary Reports.—Annually, based on guidance provided...

§ 1126. Program Management Improvement Officers and Program Management Policy Council - (a) Program Management Improvement Officers.—(1) Designation.—The head of each agency...

CHAPTER 13— APPROPRIATIONS

SUBCHAPTER I— GENERAL

§ 1301. Application - (a) Appropriations shall be applied only to the objects for...

§ 1302. Determining amounts appropriated - Except as specifically provided by law, the total amount appropriated...

§ 1303. Effect of changes in titles of appropriations - Expenditures for a particular object or purpose authorized by a...

§ 1304. Judgments, awards, and compromise settlements - (a) Necessary amounts are appropriated to pay final judgments, awards,...

§ 1305. Miscellaneous permanent appropriations - (1) to pay the proceeds of the personal estate of...

§ 1306. Use of foreign credits - (a) In General.—Foreign credits (including currencies) owed to or owned...

§ 1307. Public building construction - Amounts appropriated to construct public buildings remain available until completion...

§ 1308. Telephone and metered services - Charges for telephone and metered services (such as gas, electricity,...

§ 1309. Social security tax - Amounts made available for the compensation of officers and employees...

§ 1310. Appropriations for private organizations - (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall credit an appropriation...

SUBCHAPTER II— TRUST FUNDS AND REFUNDS

§ 1321. Trust funds - (a) The following are classified as trust funds:(1) Philippine special...

§ 1322. Payments of unclaimed trust fund amounts and refund of amounts erroneously deposited - (a) On September 30 of each year, the Secretary of...

§ 1323. Trust funds for certain fees, donations, quasi-public amounts, and unearned amounts - (a) Amounts from the following sources held in checking accounts...

§ 1324. Refund of internal revenue collections - (a) Necessary amounts are appropriated to the Secretary of the...

SUBCHAPTER III— LIMITATIONS, EXCEPTIONS, AND PENALTIES

§ 1341. Limitations on expending and obligating amounts - (a)(1) Except as specified in this subchapter or any other...

§ 1342. Limitation on voluntary services - An officer or employee of the United States Government or...

§ 1343. Buying and leasing passenger motor vehicles and aircraft - (a) In this section, buying a passenger motor vehicle or...

§ 1344. Passenger carrier use - (a)(1) Funds available to a Federal agency, by appropriation or...

§ 1345. Expenses of meetings - (1) an agency from paying the expenses of an officer...

§ 1346. Commissions, councils, boards, and interagency and similar groups - (a) Except as provided in this section—(1) public money and...

§ 1347. Appropriations or authorizations required for agencies in existence for more than one year - (a) An agency in existence for more than one year...

§ 1348. Telephone installation and charges - (a)(1) Except as provided in this section, appropriations are not...

§ 1349. Adverse personnel actions - (a) An officer or employee of the United States Government...

§ 1350. Criminal penalty - An officer or employee of the United States Government or...

§ 1351. Reports on violations - If an officer or employee of an executive agency or...

§ 1352. Limitation on use of appropriated funds to influence certain Federal contracting and financial transactions - (a)(1) None of the funds appropriated by any Act may...

§ 1353. Acceptance of travel and related expenses from non-Federal sources - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator of...

§ 1354. Limitation on use of appropriated funds for contracts with entities not meeting veterans’ employment reporting requirements - (a)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), no agency may obligate or...

§ 1355. Prohibition on use of funds for portraits - (a) No funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the...

CHAPTER 15— APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTING

SUBCHAPTER I— GENERAL

§ 1501. Documentary evidence requirement for Government obligations - (a) An amount shall be recorded as an obligation of...

§ 1502. Balances available - (a) The balance of an appropriation or fund limited for...

§ 1503. Comptroller General reports of amounts for which no accounting is made - (1) for which no accounting is made to the Comptroller...

SUBCHAPTER II— APPORTIONMENT

§ 1511. Definition and application - (a) In this subchapter, “appropriations” means—(1) appropriated amounts; (2) funds;...

§ 1512. Apportionment and reserves - (a) Except as provided in this subchapter, an appropriation available...

§ 1513. Officials controlling apportionments - (a) The official having administrative control of an appropriation available...

§ 1514. Administrative division of apportionments - (a) The official having administrative control of an appropriation available...

§ 1515. Authorized apportionments necessitating deficiency or supplemental appropriations - (a) An appropriation required to be apportioned under section 1512...

§ 1516. Exemptions - (1) a trust fund or working fund if an expenditure...

§ 1517. Prohibited obligations and expenditures - (a) An officer or employee of the United States Government...

§ 1518. Adverse personnel actions - An officer or employee of the United States Government or...

§ 1519. Criminal penalty - An officer or employee of the United States Government or...

SUBCHAPTER III— TRANSFERS AND REIMBURSEMENTS

§ 1531. Transfers of functions and activities - (a) The balance of an appropriation available and necessary to...

§ 1532. Withdrawal and credit - An amount available under law may be withdrawn from one...

§ 1533. Transfers of appropriations for salaries and expenses to carry out national defense responsibilities - An appropriation of an executive agency for salaries and expenses...

§ 1534. Adjustments between appropriations - (a) An appropriation available to an agency may be charged...

§ 1535. Agency agreements - (a) The head of an agency or major organizational unit...

§ 1536. Crediting payments from purchases between executive agencies - (a) An advance payment made on an order under section...

§ 1537. Services between the United States Government and the District of Columbia government - (a) To prevent duplication and to promote efficiency and economy,...

SUBCHAPTER IV— CLOSING ACCOUNTS

§ 1551. Definitions; applicability of subchapter - (a) In this subchapter—(1) An obligated balance of an appropriation...

§ 1552. Procedure for appropriation accounts available for definite periods - (a) On September 30th of the 5th fiscal year after...

§ 1553. Availability of appropriation accounts to pay obligations - (a) After the end of the period of availability for...

§ 1554. Audit, control, and reporting - (a) Any audit requirement, limitation on obligations, or reporting requirement...

§ 1555. Closing of appropriation accounts available for indefinite periods - (1) the head of the agency concerned or the President...

§ 1556. Comptroller General: reports on appropriation accounts - (a) In carrying out audit responsibilities, the Comptroller General shall...

§ 1557. Authority for exemptions in appropriation laws - A provision of an appropriation law may exempt an appropriation...

§ 1558. Availability of funds following resolution of a formal protest or other challenge - (a) Notwithstanding section 1552 of this title or any other...

SUBTITLE III— FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER 31— PUBLIC DEBT

SUBCHAPTER I— BORROWING AUTHORITY

§ 3101. Public debt limit - (a) In this section, the current redemption value of an...

§ 3101A. Presidential modification of the debt ceiling - (a) In General.—(1) $900 billion.—(A) Certification.—If, not later than December...

§ 3102. Bonds - (a) With the approval of the President, the Secretary of...

§ 3103. Notes - (a) With the approval of the President, the Secretary of...

§ 3104. Certificates of indebtedness and Treasury bills - (a) The Secretary of the Treasury may borrow on the...

§ 3105. Savings bonds and savings certificates - (a) With the approval of the President, the Secretary of...

§ 3106. Retirement and savings bonds - (a) With the approval of the President, the Secretary of...

§ 3107. Increasing interest rates and investment yields on retirement bonds - With the approval of the President, the Secretary of the...

§ 3108. Prohibition against circulation privilege - An obligation issued under sections 3102–3104(a)(1) and 3105–3107 of this...

§ 3109. Tax and loss bonds - (a) The Secretary of the Treasury may issue tax and...

§ 3110. Sale of obligations of governments of foreign countries - (a) With the approval of the President, the Secretary of...

§ 3111. New issue used to buy, redeem, or refund outstanding obligations - An obligation may be issued under this chapter to buy,...

§ 3112. Sinking fund for retiring and cancelling bonds and notes - (a) The Department of the Treasury has a sinking fund...

§ 3113. Accepting gifts - (a) To provide the people of the United States with...

SUBCHAPTER II— ADMINISTRATIVE

§ 3121. Procedure - (a) In issuing obligations under sections 3102–3104 of this title,...

§ 3122. Banks and trust companies as depositaries - (a) The Secretary of the Treasury may designate incorporated banks...

§ 3123. Payment of obligations and interest on the public debt - (a) The faith of the United States Government is pledged...

§ 3124. Exemption from taxation - (a) Stocks and obligations of the United States Government are...

§ 3125. Relief for lost, stolen, destroyed, mutilated, or defaced obligations - (a) In this section, “obligation” means a direct obligation of...

§ 3126. Losses and relief from liability related to redeeming savings bonds and notes - (a) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury,...

§ 3127. Credit to officers, employees, and agents for stolen Treasury notes - When an officer, employee, or agent of the United States...

§ 3128. Proof of death to support payment - A finding of death made by an officer or employee...

§ 3129. Appropriation to pay expenses - (a) Amounts to pay necessary expenses (including rent) for an...

§ 3130. Annual public debt report - (a) General Rule.—On or before June 1 of each calendar...

CHAPTER 33— DEPOSITING, KEEPING, AND PAYING MONEY

SUBCHAPTER I— DEPOSITS AND DEPOSITARIES

§ 3301. General duties of the Secretary of the Treasury - (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall—(1) receive and keep...

§ 3302. Custodians of money - (a) Except as provided by another law, an official or...

§ 3303. Designation of depositaries - (a) The Secretary of the Treasury designates depositaries of money...

§ 3304. Transfers of public money from depositaries - (1) to the Treasury; and (2) if the Secretary believes...

§ 3305. Audits of depositaries - (1) books; (2) accounts; (3) returns; and (4) public money...

SUBCHAPTER II— PAYMENTS

§ 3321. Disbursing authority in the executive branch - (a) Except as provided in this section or another law,...

§ 3322. Disbursing officials - (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer public money...

§ 3323. Warrants - (a) Except as provided in section 3326 of this title,...

§ 3324. Advances - (a) Except as provided in this section, a payment under...

§ 3325. Vouchers - (a) A disbursing official in the executive branch of the...

§ 3326. Waiver of requirements for warrants and advances - (a) When the Secretary of the Treasury and the Comptroller...

§ 3327. General authority to issue checks and other drafts - (a) The Secretary of the Treasury may issue a check...

§ 3328. Paying checks and drafts - (a) Time Limit on Treasury Checks.—(1) In general.—Except as provided...

§ 3329. Withholding checks to be sent to foreign countries - (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall prohibit a check...

§ 3330. Payment of Department of Veterans Affairs checks for the benefit of individuals in foreign countries - (a)(1) A check is deemed to be issued for sending...

§ 3331. Substitute checks - (a) In this section, “original check”—(1) means an order for...

§ 3332. Required direct deposit - (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all Federal wage,...

§ 3333. Relief for payments made without negligence - (a)(1) The Secretary of the Treasury is not liable for...

§ 3334. Cancellation and proceeds distribution of Treasury checks - (a) In General.—(1) The Secretary shall provide monthly to each...

§ 3335. Timely disbursement of Federal funds - (a) Each head of an executive agency (other than the...

§ 3336. Electronic benefit transfer pilot - (a) The Congress finds that:(1) Electronic benefit transfer (EBT) is...

SUBCHAPTER III— MISCELLANEOUS

§ 3341. Sale of Government warrants, checks, drafts, and obligations - (a) A disbursing official of the United States Government may...

§ 3342. Check cashing and exchange transactions - (a) A disbursing official of the United States Government may—(1)...

§ 3343. Check forgery insurance fund - (a) The Department of the Treasury has a special deposit...

SUBCHAPTER IV— IMPROPER PAYMENTS

§ 3351. Definitions - (1) Annual financial statement.—The term “annual financial statement” means the...

§ 3352. Estimates of improper payments and reports on actions to reduce improper payments - (a) Identification of Susceptible Programs and Activities.—(1) In general.—The head...

§ 3353. Compliance - (a) Annual Compliance Report by Inspectors General of Executive Agencies.—(1)...

§ 3354. Do Not Pay Initiative - (a) Prepayment and Preaward Procedures.—(1) In general.—Each executive agency shall...

§ 3355. Improving recovery of improper payments - (1) current and historical rates and amounts of recovery of...

§ 3356. Improving the use of data by executive agencies for curbing improper payments - (a) Prompt Reporting of Death Information by the Department of...

§ 3357. Financial and administrative controls relating to fraud and improper payments - (a) Definition.—In this section, the term “agency” has the meaning...

§ 3358. Interagency working group for Governmentwide payment integrity improvement - (a) Working Group.—(1) Establishment.—Not later than 90 days after the...

CHAPTER 35— ACCOUNTING AND COLLECTION

SUBCHAPTER I— GENERAL

§ 3501. Definition - In this chapter, “executive agency” does not include (except in...

SUBCHAPTER II— ACCOUNTING REQUIREMENTS, SYSTEMS, AND INFORMATION

§ 3511. Prescribing accounting requirements and developing accounting systems - (a) The Comptroller General shall prescribe the accounting principles, standards,...

§ 3512. Executive agency accounting and other financial management reports and plans - (a)(1) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget...

§ 3513. Financial reporting and accounting system - (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall prepare reports that...

§ 3514. Discontinuing certain accounts maintained by the Comptroller General - The Comptroller General may discontinue an agency appropriation, expenditure, limitation,...

§ 3515. Financial statements of agencies - (a)(1) 11 So in original. No par. (2) has been...

§ 3516. Reports consolidation - (a)(1) With the concurrence of the Director of the Office...

SUBCHAPTER III— AUDITING AND SETTLING ACCOUNTS

§ 3521. Audits by agencies - (a) Each account of an agency shall be audited administratively...

§ 3522. Making and submitting accounts - (a)(1) Unless the Comptroller General decides the public interest requires...

§ 3523. General audit authority of the Comptroller General - (a) Except as specifically provided by law, the Comptroller General...

§ 3524. Auditing expenditures approved without vouchers - (a)(1) The Comptroller General may audit expenditures, accounted for only...

§ 3525. Auditing nonappropriated fund activities - (a) The Comptroller General may audit—(1) the operations and accounts...

§ 3526. Settlement of accounts - (a) The Comptroller General shall settle all accounts of the...

§ 3527. General authority to relieve accountable officials and agents from liability - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

§ 3528. Responsibilities and relief from liability of certifying officials - (a) A certifying official certifying a voucher is responsible for—(1)...

§ 3529. Requests for decisions of the Comptroller General - (a) A disbursing or certifying official or the head of...

§ 3530. Adjusting accounts - (a) An appropriation or fund currently available for the expense...

[§ 3531. Repealed. , , ] -

§ 3532. Notification of account deficiencies - An accounting official discovering a deficiency in an account of...

SUBCHAPTER IV— COLLECTION

§ 3541. Distress warrants - (a) When an official receiving public money before it is...

§ 3542. Carrying out distress warrants - (a) A marshal carrying out a distress warrant issued under...

§ 3543. Postponing a distress warrant proceeding - (a) A distress warrant proceeding may be postponed for a...

§ 3544. Rights and remedies of the United States Government reserved - This subchapter does not affect a right or remedy the...

§ 3545. Civil action to recover money - The Attorney General shall bring a civil action to recover...

SUBCHAPTER V— PROCUREMENT PROTEST SYSTEM

§ 3551. Definitions - (1) The term “protest” means a written objection by an...

§ 3552. Protests by interested parties concerning procurement actions - (a) A protest concerning an alleged violation of a procurement...

§ 3553. Review of protests; effect on contracts pending decision - (a) Under procedures prescribed under section 3555 of this title,...

§ 3554. Decisions on protests - (a)(1) To the maximum extent practicable, the Comptroller General shall...

§ 3555. Regulations; authority of Comptroller General to verify assertions - (a) The Comptroller General shall prescribe such procedures as may...

§ 3556. Nonexclusivity of remedies; matters included in agency record - This subchapter does not give the Comptroller General exclusive jurisdiction...

§ 3557. Expedited action in protests of public-private competitions - For any protest of a public-private competition conducted under Office...

SUBCHAPTER VI— RECOVERY AUDITS 

[§ 3561. Repealed. , , ] -

§ 3562. Disposition of recovered funds - (a) Availability of Funds for Recovery Audits and Activities Program.—Funds...

[§§ 3563 to 3567. Repealed. , , ] -

CHAPTER 37— CLAIMS

SUBCHAPTER I— GENERAL

§ 3701. Definitions and application - (a) In this chapter—(1) “administrative offset” means withholding funds payable...

§ 3702. Authority to settle claims - (a) Except as provided in this chapter or another law,...

SUBCHAPTER II— CLAIMS OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

§ 3711. Collection and compromise - (a) The head of an executive, judicial, or legislative agency—(1)...

§ 3712. Time limitations for presenting certain claims of the Government - (a) Claims Over Forged or Unauthorized Endorsements.—(1) Period for claims.—If...

§ 3713. Priority of Government claims - (a)(1) A claim of the United States Government shall be...

§ 3714. Keeping money due States in default - The Secretary of the Treasury shall keep the necessary amount...

§ 3715. Buying real property of a debtor - The head of an agency for whom a civil action...

§ 3716. Administrative offset - (a) After trying to collect a claim from a person...

§ 3717. Interest and penalty on claims - (a)(1) The head of an executive, judicial, or legislative agency...

§ 3718. Contracts for collection services - (a) Under conditions the head of an executive, judicial, or...

§ 3719. Reports on debt collection activities - (a) In consultation with the Comptroller General of the United...

§ 3720. Collection of payments - (a) Each head of an executive agency (other than an...

§ 3720A. Reduction of tax refund by amount of debt - (a) Any Federal agency that is owed by a person...

§ 3720B. Barring delinquent Federal debtors from obtaining Federal loans or loan insurance guarantees - (a) Unless this subsection is waived by the head of...

§ 3720C. Debt Collection Improvement Account - (a)(1) There is hereby established in the Treasury a special...

§ 3720D. Garnishment - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of State law, the head of...

§ 3720E. Dissemination of information regarding identity of delinquent debtors - (a) The head of any agency may, with the review...

SUBCHAPTER III— CLAIMS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

§ 3721. Claims of personnel of agencies and the District of Columbia government for personal property damage or loss - (a) In this section—(1) “agency” does not include a nonappropriated...

§ 3722. Claims of officers and employees at Government penal and correctional institutions - (a) The Attorney General may settle and pay not more...

§ 3723. Small claims for privately owned property damage or loss - (a) The head of an agency (except a military department...

§ 3724. Claims for damages caused by investigative or law enforcement officers of the Department of Justice - (a) The Attorney General may settle, for not more than...

§ 3725. Claims of non-nationals for personal injury or death in a foreign country - (a) The Secretary of State may settle, for not more...

§ 3726. Payment for transportation - (a)(1) Each agency that receives a bill from a carrier...

§ 3727. Assignments of claims - (a) In this section, “assignment” means—(1) a transfer or assignment...

§ 3728. Setoff against judgment - (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall withhold paying that...

§ 3729. False claims - (a) Liability for Certain Acts.—(1) In general.—Subject to paragraph (2),...

§ 3730. Civil actions for false claims - (a) Responsibilities of the Attorney General.—The Attorney General diligently shall...

§ 3731. False claims procedure - (a) A subpena requiring the attendance of a witness at...

§ 3732. False claims jurisdiction - (a) Actions Under Section 3730.—Any action under section 3730 may...

§ 3733. Civil investigative demands - (a) In General.—(1) Issuance and service.—Whenever the Attorney General, or...

CHAPTER 38— ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES FOR FALSE CLAIMS AND STATEMENTS

§ 3801. Definitions - (a) For purposes of this chapter—(1) “authority” means—(A) an executive...

§ 3802. False claims and statements; liability - (a)(1) Any person who makes, presents, or submits, or causes...

§ 3803. Hearing and determinations - (a)(1) The investigating official of an authority may investigate allegations...

§ 3804. Subpoena authority - (a) For the purposes of an investigation under section 3803(a)(1)...

§ 3805. Judicial review - (a)(1) A determination by a reviewing official under section 3803...

§ 3806. Collection of civil penalties and assessments - (a) The Attorney General shall be responsible for judicial enforcement...

§ 3807. Right to administrative offset - (a) The amount of any penalty or assessment which has...

§ 3808. Limitations - (a) A hearing under section 3803(d)(2) of this title with...

§ 3809. Regulations - (1) ensure that investigating officials and reviewing officials are not...

[§ 3810. Repealed. , , ] -

§ 3811. Effect on other law - (a) This chapter does not diminish the responsibility of any...

§ 3812. Prohibition against delegation - Any function, duty, or responsibility which this chapter specifies be...

CHAPTER 39— PROMPT PAYMENT

§ 3901. Definitions and application - (a) In this chapter—(1) “agency” has the same meaning given...

§ 3902. Interest penalties - (a) Under regulations prescribed under section 3903 of this title,...

§ 3903. Regulations - (a) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget...

§ 3904. Limitations on discount payments - The head of an agency offered a discount by a...

§ 3905. Payment provisions relating to construction contracts - (a) In the event that a contractor, after making a...

[§ 3906. Repealed. , , ] -

§ 3907. Relationship to other laws - (a) A claim for an interest penalty not paid under...

SUBTITLE IV— MONEY

CHAPTER 51— COINS AND CURRENCY

SUBCHAPTER I— MONETARY SYSTEM

§ 5101. Decimal system - United States money is expressed in dollars, dimes or tenths,...

§ 5102. Standard weight - The standard troy pound of the National Institute of Standards...

§ 5103. Legal tender - United States coins and currency (including Federal reserve notes and...

SUBCHAPTER II— GENERAL AUTHORITY

§ 5111. Minting and issuing coins, medals, and numismatic items - (a) The Secretary of the Treasury—(1) shall mint and issue...

§ 5112. Denominations, specifications, and design of coins - (a) The Secretary of the Treasury may mint and issue...

§ 5113. Tolerances and testing of coins - (a) The Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe reasonable manufacturing...

§ 5114. Engraving and printing currency and security documents - (a) Authority To Engrave and Print.—(1) In general.—The Secretary of...

§ 5115. United States currency notes - (a) The Secretary of the Treasury may issue United States...

§ 5116. Buying and selling gold and silver - (a)(1) With the approval of the President, the Secretary of...

§ 5117. Transferring gold and gold certificates - (a) All right, title, and interest, and every claim of...

§ 5118. Gold clauses and consent to sue - (a) In this section—(1) “gold clause” means a provision in...

§ 5119. Redemption and cancellation of currency - (a) Except to the extent authorized in regulations the Secretary...

§ 5120. Obsolete, mutilated, and worn coins and currency - (a)(1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall melt obsolete and...

§ 5121. Refining, assaying, and valuation of bullion - (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall—(1) melt and refine...

§ 5122. Payment to depositors - (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall determine the fineness,...

SUBCHAPTER III— UNITED STATES MINT

§ 5131. Organization - (a) The United States Mint has—(1) a United States mint...

§ 5132. Administrative - (a)(1) Except as provided in this chapter, the Secretary of...

§ 5133. Settlement of accounts - (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall—(1) charge the superintendent...

§ 5134. Numismatic Public Enterprise Fund - (a) Definitions.—For purposes of this section—(1) Fund.—The term “Fund” means...

§ 5135. Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee - (a) Establishment.—(1) In general.—There is hereby established the Citizens Coinage...

§ 5136. United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund - There shall be established in the Treasury of the United...

SUBCHAPTER IV— BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING

§ 5141. Operation of the Bureau - (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall prepare and submit...

§ 5142. Bureau of Engraving and Printing Fund - (a) The Department of the Treasury has a Bureau of...

§ 5143. Payment for services - The Secretary of the Treasury shall impose charges for Bureau...

§ 5144. Providing impressions of portraits and vignettes - (1) at the request of—(A) a member of Congress; (B)...

SUBCHAPTER V— MISCELLANEOUS

§ 5151. Conversion of currency of foreign countries - (a) In this section—(1) “buying rate” means the buying rate...

§ 5152. Value of United States money holdings in international institutions - The Secretary of the Treasury shall maintain the value in...

§ 5153. Counterfeit currency - Disbursing officials of the United States Government and officers of...

§ 5154. State taxation - A State or a territory or possession of the United...

§ 5155. Providing engraved plates of portraits of deceased members of Congress - On conditions the Secretary of the Treasury decides, the Secretary...

CHAPTER 53— MONETARY TRANSACTIONS

SUBCHAPTER I— CREDIT AND MONETARY EXPANSION

§ 5301. Buying obligations of the United States Government - (a) The President may direct the Secretary of the Treasury...

§ 5302. Stabilizing exchange rates and arrangements - (a)(1) The Department of the Treasury has a stabilization fund....

§ 5303. Reserved coins and currencies of foreign countries - An agency may use coins and currencies of a foreign...

§ 5304. Regulations - (1) to carry out section 5301 of this title; and...

SUBCHAPTER II— RECORDS AND REPORTS ON MONETARY INSTRUMENTS TRANSACTIONS

§ 5311. Declaration of purpose - (1) require certain reports or records that are highly useful...

§ 5312. Definitions and application - (a) In this subchapter—(1) “financial agency” means a person acting...

§ 5313. Reports on domestic coins and currency transactions - (a) When a domestic financial institution is involved in a...

§ 5314. Records and reports on foreign financial agency transactions - (a) Considering the need to avoid impeding or controlling the...

§ 5315. Reports on foreign currency transactions - (a) Congress finds that—(1) moving mobile capital can have a...

§ 5316. Reports on exporting and importing monetary instruments - (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section,...

§ 5317. Search and forfeiture of monetary instruments - (a) The Secretary of the Treasury may apply to a...

§ 5318. Compliance, exemptions, and summons authority - (a) General Powers of Secretary.—The Secretary of the Treasury may...

§ 5318A. Special measures for jurisdictions, financial institutions, international transactions, or types of accounts of primary money laundering concern - (a) International Counter-Money Laundering Requirements.—(1) In general.—The Secretary of the...

§ 5319. Availability of reports - The Secretary of the Treasury shall make information in a...

§ 5320. Injunctions - When the Secretary of the Treasury believes a person has...

§ 5321. Civil penalties - (a)(1) A domestic financial institution or nonfinancial trade or business,...

§ 5322. Criminal penalties - (a) A person willfully violating this subchapter or a regulation...

§ 5323. Whistleblower incentives and protections - (a) Definitions.—In this section:(1) Covered judicial or administrative action.—The term...

§ 5324. Structuring transactions to evade reporting requirement prohibited - (a) Domestic Coin and Currency Transactions Involving Financial Institutions.—No person...

§ 5325. Identification required to purchase certain monetary instruments - (a) In General.—No financial institution may issue or sell a...

§ 5326. Records of certain domestic transactions - (a) In General.—If the Secretary of the Treasury finds, upon...

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§ 5329. Staff commentaries - (1) publish all written rulings interpreting this subchapter; and (2)...

§ 5330. Registration of money transmitting businesses - (a) Registration With Secretary of the Treasury Required.—(1) In general.—Any...

§ 5331. Reports relating to coins and currency received in nonfinancial trade or business - (a) Coin and Currency Receipts of More Than $10,000.—Any person—(1)(A)...

§ 5332. Bulk cash smuggling into or out of the United States - (a) Criminal Offense.—(1) In general.—Whoever, with the intent to evade...

§ 5333. Safe harbor with respect to keep open directives - (a) In General.—With respect to a customer account or customer...

§ 5334. Training regarding anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism - (a) Training Requirement.—Each Federal examiner reviewing compliance with the Bank...

§ 5335. Prohibition on concealment of the source of assets in monetary transactions - (a) Definition of Monetary Transaction.—In this section, the term the...

§ 5336. Beneficial ownership information reporting requirements - (a) Definitions.—In this section:(1) Acceptable identification document.—The term “acceptable identification...

SUBCHAPTER III— MONEY LAUNDERING AND RELATED FINANCIAL CRIMES

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§ 5341. National money laundering and related financial crimes strategy - (a) Development and Transmittal to Congress.—(1) Development.—The President, acting through...

§ 5342. High-risk money laundering and related financial crime areas - (a) Findings and Purpose.—(1) Findings.—The Congress finds the following:(A) Money...

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§ 5351. Establishment of financial crime-free communities support program - (a) Establishment.—The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the...

§ 5352. Program authorization - (a) Grant Eligibility.—To be eligible to receive an initial grant...

§ 5353. Information collection and dissemination with respect to grant recipients - (a) Applicant and Grantee Information.—(1) Application process.—The Secretary shall issue...

§ 5354. Grants for fighting money laundering and related financial crimes - (a) In General.—After the end of the 1-year period beginning...

§ 5355. Authorization of appropriations - There are authorized to be appropriated the following amounts for...

SUBCHAPTER IV— PROHIBITION ON FUNDING OF UNLAWFUL INTERNET GAMBLING

§ 5361. Congressional findings and purpose - (a) Findings.—Congress finds the following:(1) Internet gambling is primarily funded...

§ 5362. Definitions - (1) Bet or wager.—The term “bet or wager”—(A) means the...

§ 5363. Prohibition on acceptance of any financial instrument for unlawful Internet gambling - (1) credit, or the proceeds of credit, extended to or...

§ 5364. Policies and procedures to identify and prevent restricted transactions - (a) Regulations.—Before the end of the 270-day period beginning on...

§ 5365. Civil remedies - (a) Jurisdiction.—In addition to any other remedy under current law,...

§ 5366. Criminal penalties - (a) In General.—Any person who violates section 5363 shall be...

§ 5367. Circumventions prohibited - (1) operates, manages, supervises, or directs an Internet website at...

SUBTITLE V— GENERAL ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION

CHAPTER 61— PROGRAM INFORMATION

§ 6101. Definitions - (1) “administering office” means the lowest unit of an agency...

§ 6102. Program information requirements - (a) The Director shall collect and review information on domestic...

§ 6102a. Assistance awards information system - (a) The Director shall—(1) maintain the United States Government assistance...

§ 6103. Access to computer information system - (a) The Administrator shall maintain a computerized information system providing...

§ 6104. Catalog of Federal domestic assistance programs - (a) The Administrator shall prepare and publish each year a...

§ 6105. Oversight responsibility of Director - The Director shall have oversight responsibility for the exercise of...

§ 6106. Authorization of appropriations - After , there may be appropriated to the Administrator such...

CHAPTER 62— CONSOLIDATED FEDERAL FUNDS REPORT

§ 6201. Definitions - (1) “Director” means the Director of the Office of Management...

§ 6202. Content, form, and data for report - (a) For fiscal years 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, and 1990,...

§ 6203. Printing and distribution of reports and machine-readable records - (a)(1) The Director shall—(A) prepare—(i) printed copies of each of...

§ 6204. Delegation - In order to carry out sections 6202 and 6203 of...

§ 6205. Availability of information - (1) shall make available to the Director (or other authority...

§ 6206. Data consistency and uniformity of data elements - The Director shall designate a single organizational unit to provide...

§ 6207. Authorization of appropriations - There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this...

CHAPTER 63— USING PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS AND GRANT AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS

§ 6301. Purposes - (1) promote a better understanding of United States Government expenditures...

§ 6302. Definitions - (1) “executive agency” does not include a mixed-ownership Government corporation....

§ 6303. Using procurement contracts - (1) the principal purpose of the instrument is to acquire...

§ 6304. Using grant agreements - (1) the principal purpose of the relationship is to transfer...

§ 6305. Using cooperative agreements - (1) the principal purpose of the relationship is to transfer...

§ 6306. Authority to vest title in tangible personal property for research - (1) when the property is bought with amounts provided under...

§ 6307. Interpretative guidelines and exemptions - (1) issue supplementary interpretative guidelines to promote consistent and efficient...

§ 6308. Use of multiple relationships for different parts of jointly financed projects - This chapter does not require an executive agency to establish...

§ 6309. Non-propagation of core-based statistical area delineations - (a) In General.—Beginning on the date of enactment of the...

CHAPTER 64— DATA STANDARDS FOR GRANT REPORTING

§ 6401. Definitions - (1) Agency.—The term “agency” has the meaning given the term...

§ 6402. Data standards for grant reporting - (a) In General.—(1) Designation of standard-setting agency.—The Director shall designate...

§ 6403. Guidance applying data standards for grant reporting - (a) In General.—Not later than 3 years after the date...

§ 6404. Agency requirements - (1) ensure that all of the Federal awards that the...

CHAPTER 65— INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION

§ 6501. Definitions - (1) “assistance” means the transfer of anything of value for...

§ 6502. Information on grants received - On request of a chief executive officer of a State,...

§ 6503. Intergovernmental financing - (a) Consistent with program purposes and with regulations of the...

§ 6504. Use of existing State or multimember agency to administer grant programs - (1) waive the one State agency or multimember agency provision...

§ 6505. Authority to provide specialized or technical services - (a) The President may prescribe statistical and other studies and...

§ 6506. Development assistance - (a) The economic and social development of the United States...

§ 6507. Congressional review of grant programs - (a) The committees of Congress having jurisdiction over a grant...

§ 6508. Studies and reports - (a)(1) When requested by a committee of Congress having jurisdiction...

CHAPTER 67— FEDERAL PAYMENTS

§ 6701. Payments to local governments - (a) Payment and Use.—(1) Payment.—The Secretary shall pay to each...

§ 6702. Local Government Fiscal Assistance Fund - (a) Administration of Fund.—The Department of the Treasury has a...

§ 6703. Qualification for payment - (a) In General.—The Secretary shall issue regulations establishing procedures under...

§ 6704. State area allocations; allocations and payments to territorial governments - (a) Formula Allocation by State.—For each payment period, the Secretary...

§ 6705. Local government allocations - (a) Indian Tribes and Alaskan Natives Villages.—If there is in...

§ 6706. Income gap multiplier - (1) 1.6, with respect to ½ of any amount allocated...

§ 6707. State variation of local government allocations - (a) State Formula.—A State government may provide by law for...

§ 6708. Adjustments of local government allocations - (a) Maximum Amount.—The amount allocated to a unit of general...

§ 6709. Information used in allocation formulas - (a) Population Data for Payment Period Beginning October 1, 1994.—For...

§ 6710. Public participation - (a) Hearings.—(1) In general.—A unit of general local government expending...

§ 6711. Prohibited discrimination - (a) General Prohibition.—No person in the United States shall be...

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