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Title 31 — Money and Finance

Chapter 33 — Depositing, Keeping, and Paying Money

§ 3335. Timely disbursement of Federal funds

Statutory text

(a)

Each head of an executive agency (other than the Tennessee Valley Authority) shall, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, provide for the timely disbursement of Federal funds through cash, checks, electronic funds transfer, or any other means identified by the Secretary.

(b)

The Secretary may collect from any executive agency which does not comply with subsection (a) a charge in an amount the Secretary determines to be the cost to the general fund of the Treasury caused by such noncompliance.

(c)

The amounts of charges collected from an executive agency under this section shall be deposited in the Treasury and credited as miscellaneous receipts.

(d)

Any charge assessed by the Secretary under this section, to the maximum extent practicable—

(1)

shall be paid out of appropriations available for executive agency operations; and

(2)

shall not be paid from amounts available for funding programs of an executive agency.

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.

  1. Cash Management Improvement Act of 1990

    Pub. L. 101–453 § 4(a) · 104 Stat. 1058

    Enacted · 31 U.S.C. § 3335

    (Added Pub. L. 101–453, § 4(a), Oct. 24, 1990, 104 Stat. 1058.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Added Pub. L. 101–453, § 4(a), Oct. 24, 1990, 104 Stat. 1058.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) In General.— Subchapter II of chapter 33 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “§ 3335. Timely disbursement of Federal funds “(a) Each head of an executive agency (other than the Tennessee Valley Authority) shall, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, provide for the timely disbursement of Federal funds through cash, checks, electronic funds transfer, or any other means identified by the Secretary. “(b) The Secretary may collect from any executive agency which does not comply with subsection (a) a charge in an amount the Secretary determines to be the cost to the general fund of the Treasury caused by such noncompliance. “(c) The amounts of charges collected from an executive agency under this section shall be deposited in the Treasury and credited as miscellaneous receipts. “(d) Any charge assessed by the Secretary under this section, to the maximum extent practicable— “(1) shall be paid out of appropriations available for executive agency operations; and “(2) shall not be paid from amounts available for funding programs of an executive agency.”.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Regulations

Pub. L. 101–453, § 4(c), , 104 Stat. 1059, as amended by Pub. L. 102–589, § 2(1), , 106 Stat. 5133, provided that: “The Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe regulations under section 3335 of title 31, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), to ensure the full implementation of that section.”

Credits

(Added Pub. L. 101–453, § 4(a), , 104 Stat. 1058.)

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