Title 19 — Customs Duties
Part 2 · Chapter 12 — Trade Act of 1974
§ 2314. Liabilities of certifying and disbursing officers
Statutory text
Certifying officer
No person designated by the Secretary, or designated pursuant to an agreement under this subpart, as a certifying officer, shall, in the absence of gross negligence or intent to defraud the United States, be liable with respect to any payment certified by him under this part.
Disbursing officer
No disbursing officer shall, in the absence of gross negligence or intent to defraud the United States, be liable with respect to any payment by him under this part if it was based upon a voucher signed by a certifying officer designated as provided in subsection (a).
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Trade Act of 1974
Pub. L. 93–618 title II § 242 · 88 Stat. 1978
Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 2314
(Pub. L. 93–618, title II, § 242, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2026.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 93–618, title II, § 242, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2026.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
19 USC 2315.SEC. 242. LIABILITIES OF CERTIFYING AND DISBURSING OFFICERS. (a) No person designated by the Secretary, or designated pursuant to an agreement under this subchapter, as a certifying officer, shall, in the absence of gross negligence or intent to defraud the United States, be liable with respect to any payment certified by him under this chapter. (b) No disbursing officer shall, in the absence of gross negligence or intent to defraud the United States, be liable with respect to any payment by him under this chapter if it was based upon a voucher signed by a certifying officer designated as provided in subsection (a).
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Termination Date
No trade adjustment assistance, vouchers, allowances, or other payments or benefits may be provided under this part after , except as otherwise provided, see section 285 of Pub. L. 93–618, as modified by section 406(a)(7) of Pub. L. 114–27, set out as notes preceding section 2271 of this title.