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31 U.S.C. § 3322

Disbursing officials

United States · Title 31 — MONEY AND FINANCE · Status: effective

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31 U.S.C. § 3322, Disbursing officials, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/467627
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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— draw public money from the Treasury or a depositary only— 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— A disbursing official is not liable for an overpayment provided under a United States Government bill of lading or transportation request when the overpayment is caused by the— failure to deduct the proper amount under—

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.

  • Enacted byPub. L. 97-258(H.R. 6128)1982-09-13
    A bill to revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to money and finance, as title 31, United States Code, "Money and Finance".
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 98-216(H.R. 2727)1984-02-14
    A bill to codify without substantive change recent laws related to money and finance and transportation and to improve the United States Code.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 104-134(H.R. 3019)1996-04-26
    Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996
    House: 399–25Senate: 88–11
  • Amended byPub. L. 105-264(H.R. 930)1998-10-19
    Travel and Transportation Reform Act of 1998
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally