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28 U.S.C. § 613 — Disbursing and certifying officers
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**(a) Disbursing Officers.—** The Director may designate in writing officers and employees of the judicial branch of the Government, including the courts as defined in section 610 other than the Supreme Court, to be disbursing officers in such numbers and locations as the Director considers necessary. Such disbursing officers shall—
(1) disburse moneys appropriated to the judicial branch and other funds only in strict accordance with payment requests certified by the Director or in accordance with subsection (b);
(2) examine payment requests as necessary to ascertain whether they are in proper form, certified, and approved; and
(3) be held accountable for their actions as provided by law, except that such a disbursing officer shall not be held accountable or responsible for any illegal, improper, or incorrect payment resulting from any false, inaccurate, or misleading certificate for which a certifying officer is responsible under subsection (b).
**(b) Certifying Officers.—**
(1) **In general.—** — The Director may designate in writing officers and employees of the judicial branch of the Government, including the courts as defined in section 610 other than the Supreme Court, to certify payment requests payable from appropriations and funds. Such certifying officers shall be responsible and accountable for—
(A) the existence and correctness of the facts recited in the certificate or other request for payment or its supporting papers;
(B) the legality of the proposed payment under the appropriation or fund involved; and
(C) the correctness of the computations of certified payment requests.
(2) **Liability.—** — The liability of a certifying officer shall be enforced in the same manner and to the same extent as provided by law with respect to the enforcement
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**(a) Disbursing Officers.—** The Director may designate in writing officers and employees of the judicial branch of the Government, including the courts as defined in section 610 other than the Supreme Court, to be disbursing officers in such numbers and locations as the Director considers necessary. Such disbursing officers shall—
(1) disburse moneys appropriated to the judicial branch and other funds only in strict accordance with payment requests certified by the Director or in accordance with subsection (b);
(2) examine payment requests as necessary to ascertain whether they are in proper form, certified, and approved; and
(3) be held accountable for their actions as provided by law, except that such a disbursing officer shall not be held accountable or responsible for any illegal, improper, or incorrect payment resulting from any false, inaccurate, or misleading certificate for which a certifying officer is responsible under subsection (b).
**(b) Certifying Officers.—**
(1) **In general.—** — The Director may designate in writing officers and employees of the judicial branch of the Government, including the courts as defined in section 610 other than the Supreme Court, to certify payment requests payable from appropriations and funds. Such certifying officers shall be responsible and accountable for—
(A) the existence and correctness of the facts recited in the certificate or other request for payment or its supporting papers;
(B) the legality of the proposed payment under the appropriation or fund involved; and
(C) the correctness of the computations of certified payment requests.
(2) **Liability.—** — The liability of a certifying officer shall be enforced in the same manner and to the same extent as provided by law with respect to the enforcement of the liability of disbursing and other accountable officers. A certifying officer shall be required to make restitution to the United States for the amount of any illegal, improper, or incorrect payment resulting from any false, inaccurate, or misleading certificates made by the certifying officer, as well as for any payment prohibited by law or which did not represent a legal obligation under the appropriation or fund involved.
**(c) Rights.—** A certifying or disbursing officer—
(1) has the right to apply for and obtain a decision by the Comptroller General on any question of law involved in a payment request presented for certification; and
(2) is entitled to relief from liability arising under this section in accordance with title 31.
**(d) Other Authority Not Affected.—** Nothing in this section affects the authority of the courts with respect to moneys deposited with the courts under chapter 129 of this title.
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As used in this chapter the word “courts” includes the courts of appeals and district courts of the United States, the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone, the District Court of Guam, the District Court of the Virgin Islands, the United States Court of Federal Claims, and the Court of International Trade.
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ecutive agencies under the Information Technology
Management Reform Act of 1996’’ for ‘‘section 111 of the
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of
1949 (40 U.S.C. 759)’’.
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 104–106, § 5602(a)(2), substituted
‘‘section 201 of the Federal Property and Administra-
tive Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 481)’’ for ‘‘sections
111 and 201 of the Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 481 and 759)’’.
Subsec. (h)(1). Pub. L. 104–106, § 5602(b)(3), substituted
‘‘information technology’’ for ‘‘automatic data proc-
essing’’.
Subsec. (l). Pub. L. 104–208, § 101(a) [title III, § 305],
substituted ‘‘September 30, 1998’’ for ‘‘September 30,
1997’’.
Pub. L. 104–106, § 5602(a)(3), (4), redesignated subsec.
(m) as (l) and struck out former subsec. (l) which read
as follows:
‘‘(l) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘automatic data processing equipment’ has the
meaning given that term in section 111(a)(2)(A) of the
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of
1949 (40 U.S.C. 759(a)(2)(A)).’’
Subsec. (m). Pub. L. 104–106, § 5602(a)(3), redesignated
subsec. (m) as (l).
1994—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–429, § 2(1), inserted ‘‘pro-
gram activities included in the courts of appeals, dis-
trict courts, and other judicial services account of’’
after ‘‘equipment for’’ and substituted ‘‘, support per-
sonnel in the courts and in the Administrative Office of
the United States Courts, and other costs, for the effec-
tive management, coordination, operation, and use of
automatic data processing equipment purchased by the
Fund. In addition, all agencies of the judiciary may
make deposits into the Fund to meet their automatic
data processing n
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