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31 U.S.C. § 3331 — Substitute checks
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**(a)** In this section, “original check”—
(1) means an order for the payment of money—
(A) payable on demand;
(B) that does not bear interest;
(C) drawn by an authorized disbursing official or agent of the United States Government; and
(D) the amount of which is deposited with the Treasury or another account available for payment; and
(2) does not include coins and currency of the Government.
**(b)** When the Secretary of the Treasury is satisfied that an original check is lost, stolen, destroyed in any part, or is so defaced that the value to the owner or holder is impaired, the Secretary may issue a substitute check to the owner or holder of the original check. Except as provided in subsection (c) or (f) of this section, the substitute check is payable from the amount available to pay the original check.
**(c)** When the Secretary is satisfied that an original check drawn on a depositary in a foreign country or a territory or possession of the United States is lost, stolen, destroyed in part, or is so defaced that its value to the owner or holder is impaired, the drawer of the original check (or another official designated by the Secretary with the approval of the head of the agency on whose behalf the original check was issued) may issue to the owner or holder of the check a substitute check. The drawer or official shall issue the substitute check by the last day of the fiscal year after the fiscal year in which the original check was issued—
(1) using the current date; and
(2) drawn on the account of the drawer of the original check or another account available for payment of the substitute.
**(d)** A substitute check issued under this section—
(1) may be paid only if the original check has not been paid;
(2) shall include information necessary
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**(a)** In this section, “original check”—
(1) means an order for the payment of money—
(A) payable on demand;
(B) that does not bear interest;
(C) drawn by an authorized disbursing official or agent of the United States Government; and
(D) the amount of which is deposited with the Treasury or another account available for payment; and
(2) does not include coins and currency of the Government.
**(b)** When the Secretary of the Treasury is satisfied that an original check is lost, stolen, destroyed in any part, or is so defaced that the value to the owner or holder is impaired, the Secretary may issue a substitute check to the owner or holder of the original check. Except as provided in subsection (c) or (f) of this section, the substitute check is payable from the amount available to pay the original check.
**(c)** When the Secretary is satisfied that an original check drawn on a depositary in a foreign country or a territory or possession of the United States is lost, stolen, destroyed in part, or is so defaced that its value to the owner or holder is impaired, the drawer of the original check (or another official designated by the Secretary with the approval of the head of the agency on whose behalf the original check was issued) may issue to the owner or holder of the check a substitute check. The drawer or official shall issue the substitute check by the last day of the fiscal year after the fiscal year in which the original check was issued—
(1) using the current date; and
(2) drawn on the account of the drawer of the original check or another account available for payment of the substitute.
**(d)** A substitute check issued under this section—
(1) may be paid only if the original check has not been paid;
(2) shall include information necessary to identify the original check;
(3) that is drawn on the Treasury—
(A) is deemed to be an original check; and
(B) is paid under the same conditions as the original check; and
(4) does not relieve a disbursing or certifying official from liability to the Government for payment resulting from erroneously issuing the original check.
**(e)** Before issuing a substitute check under this section, the Secretary may require the owner or holder of the original check to agree to indemnify the Government with security in the form and amount the Secretary decides is necessary.
**(f)** The Secretary may waive any provision of this section as may be necessary to ensure that claimants receive timely payments.
**(g)** Under conditions the Secretary may prescribe, the Secretary may delegate duties and powers of the Secretary under this section to the head of an agency. Consistent with a delegation from the Secretary under this subsection, the head of an agency may delegate those duties and powers to an officer or employee of the agency.
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**(a)** Except as provided in this chapter or another law, all claims of or against the United States Government shall be settled as follows:
(1) The Secretary of Defense shall settle—
(A) claims involving uniformed service members’ pay, allowances, travel, transportation, payments for unused accrued leave, retired pay, and survivor benefits; and
(B) claims by transportation carriers involving amounts collected from them for loss or damage incurred to property incident to shipment at Government expense.
(2) The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall settle claims involving Federal civilian employees’ compensation and leave.
(3) The Administrator of General Services shall settle claims involving expenses incurred by Federal civilian employees for official travel and transportation, and for relocation expenses incident to transfers of official duty station.
(4) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall settle claims not otherwise provided for by this subsection or another provision of law.
**(b)**
(1) A claim against the Government presented under this section must contain the signature and address of the claimant or an authorized representative. The claim must be received by the official responsible under subsection (a) for settling the claim or by the agency that conducts the activity from which the claim arises within 6 years after the claim accrues except—
(A) as provided in this chapter or another law; or
(B) a claim of a State, the District of Columbia, or a territory or possession of the United States.
(2) When the claim of a member of the armed forces accrues during war or within 5 years before war begins, the claim must be received within 5 years after peace is established or within the period provided in paragraph
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United States coins and currency (including Federal reserve notes and circulating notes of Federal reserve banks and national banks) are legal tender for all debts, public charges, taxes, and dues. Foreign gold or silver coins are not legal tender for debts.
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A State or a territory or possession of the United States may tax United States coins and currency (including Federal reserve notes and circulating notes of Federal reserve banks and national banks) as money on hand or on deposit in the same way and at the same rate that the State, territory, or possession taxes other forms of money. This section does not affect a law taxing national banks.
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In this chapter—
(1) “assistance” means the transfer of anything of value for a public purpose of support or stimulation that is—
(A) authorized by a law of the United States;
(B) provided by the United States Government through grant or contractual arrangements (including technical assistance programs providing assistance by loan, loan guarantee, or insurance); and
(C) not an annual payment by the United States Government to the District of Columbia government under section 502 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (Public Law 93–198, 87 Stat. 813, D.C. Code, § 47–3406).
(2) “comprehensive planning” includes, to the extent directly related to area needs or needs of a unit of general local government—
(A) preparation, as a guide for governmental policies and action, of general plans on—
(i) the pattern and intensity of land use;
(ii) providing public facilities (including transportation facilities) and other governmental services; and
(iii) the effective development and use of human and natural resources;
(B) long-range physical and fiscal plans for an action referred to in subparagraph (A);
(C) a program for capital improvements and other major expenditures based on their relative urgency, and definitive financing plans for the expenditures in the earlier years of the program;
(D) coordination of related plans and activities of States and local governments and agencies concerned; and
(E) preparation of regulatory and administrative measures to support the items referred to in subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D).
(3) “executive agency” does not include a mixed-ownership Government corporation.
(4)
(A) “grant” (except as provided in subparagraph (C)) means money, or property provided instead of money, that is paid or pro
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In this chapter—
(1) “Government corporation” means a mixed-ownership Government corporation and a wholly owned Government corporation.
(2) “mixed-ownership Government corporation” means—
(A) the Central Bank for Cooperatives.
(B) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
(C) the Federal Home Loan Banks.
(D) the Federal Intermediate Credit Banks.
(E) the Federal Land Banks.
(F) the National Credit Union Administration Central Liquidity Facility.
(G) the Regional Banks for Cooperatives.
(H) the Financing Corporation.
(I) the Resolution Trust Corporation.
(J) the Resolution Funding Corporation.
(3) “wholly owned Government corporation” means—
(A) the Commodity Credit Corporation.
(B) the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.
(C) the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
(D) the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation.
(E) Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated.
(F) the Corporation for National and Community Service.
(G) the Government National Mortgage Association.
(H) the United States International Development Finance Corporation.
(I) the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation.
(J) the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
(K) the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.
(L) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development when carrying out duties and powers related to the Federal Housing Administration Fund.
(M) the Tennessee Valley Authority.
(N) the Panama Canal Commission.
(O) the Millennium Challenge Corporation.
(P) the International Clean Energy Foundation.
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**(a)** With the approval of the Comptroller General, a Government corporation may consolidate its cash into an account if the cash will be expended as provided by law.
**(b)** The Secretary of the Treasury shall keep the accounts of a Government corporation. If the Secretary approves, a Federal reserve bank or a bank designated as a depositary or fiscal agent of the United States Government may keep the accounts. The Secretary may waive the requirements of this subsection.
**(c)**
(1) Subsection (b) of this section does not apply to maintaining a temporary account of not more than $50,000 in one bank.
(2) Subsection (b) of this section does not apply to a mixed-ownership Government corporation when the corporation has no capital of the Government.
(3) Subsection (b) of this section does not apply to the Federal Intermediate Credit Banks, the Central Bank for Cooperatives, the Regional Banks for Cooperatives, or the Federal Land Banks. However, the head of each of those banks shall report each year to the Secretary the names of depositaries where accounts are kept. If the Secretary considers it advisable when an annual report is received, the Secretary may make a written report to the corporation, the President, and Congress.
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**(a)** Before a Government corporation issues obligations and offers obligations to the public, the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe—
(1) the form, denomination, maturity, interest rate, and conditions to which the obligations will be subject;
(2) the way and time the obligations are issued; and
(3) the price for which the obligations will be sold.
**(b)** A Government corporation may buy or sell a direct obligation of the United States Government, or an obligation on which the principal, interest, or both, is guaranteed, of more than $100,000 only when the Secretary approves the purchase or sale. The Secretary may waive the requirement of this subsection under conditions the Secretary may decide.
**(c)** The Secretary may designate an officer or employee of an agency to carry out this section if the head of the agency agrees.
**(d)**
(1) This section does not apply to a mixed-ownership Government corporation when the corporation has no capital of the Government.
(2) Subsections (a) and (b) of this section do not apply to the Federal Intermediate Credit Banks, the Central Bank for Cooperatives, the Regional Banks for Cooperatives, and the Federal Land Banks. However, the head of each of those banks shall consult with the Secretary before taking action of the kind described in subsection (a) or (b). If agreement is not reached, the Secretary may make a written report to the corporation, the President, and Congress on the reasons for the Secretary’s disagreement.
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TITLE 31—MONEY AND FINANCE
§ 3331
is deemed to be payment for all purposes to the
individual entitled to payment.
(c) If the payee of a check for pension, com-
pensation, or emergency officers’ retirement pay
under laws administered by the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs dies while the amount of the
check is in the special deposit account, the
amount is payable (subject to section 3329 of
this title and this section) as follows:
(1) after the death of the veteran, to the sur-
viving spouse, or, if there is no surviving
spouse, to children of the veteran under 18
years of age at the time of the veteran’s death.
(2) after the death of the surviving spouse, to
children of the spouse under 18 years of age at
the time of the spouse’s death.
(3) after the death of an apportionee of a
part of the veteran’s pension, compensation,
or emergency officers’ retirement pay but be-
fore all of the apportioned amount is paid to
the veteran, the apportioned amount not paid.
(4) in any other case, only to the extent nec-
essary to reimburse a person for burial ex-
penses.
(d)(1) A payment may be made under sub-
section (c) of this section only if a claim for pay-
ment is—
(A) filed with the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs by the end of the first year after the date
of the death of the individual entitled to pay-
ment; and
(B) completed by submitting the necessary
evidence by the 6th month after the date the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs requests the evi-
dence.
(2) Payment shall include only amounts due at
the time of death under ratings or decisions ex-
isting at the time of the death.
(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 954; Pub.
L. 102–54, § 13(l)(3), (4)(A), June 13, 1991, 105 Stat.
277; Pub. L. 103–272, § 4(f)(1)(I), July 5, 1994, 108
Stat. 13
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