22 U.S.C. § 4225 — Fiscal districts; establishment; district ac-

Page 1567 TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE § 4226 matic officers below the grade of minister and to consular officers. (May 24, 1924, ch. 182, § 18, formerly § 11, 43 Stat. 142, renumbered and amended Feb. 23, 1931, ch. 276, § 7, 46 Stat. 1209.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 1196 of this title, referred to in text, was re- pealed by act June 28, 1955, ch. 196, 69 Stat. 187. CODIFICATION Section was not enacted as part of the Foreign Serv- ice Act of 1980 which comprises this chapter. Section was formerly classified to section 812 of this title, and prior thereto to section 13 of this title. AMENDMENTS 1931—Act Feb. 23, 1931, substituted ‘‘shall apply to diplomatic officers below the grade of minister and to consular officers’’ for ‘‘shall include both branches of the Foreign Service’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1931 AMENDMENT Act May 24, 1924, ch. 182, § 37, as added act Feb. 23, 1931, ch. 276, § 7, 46 Stat. 1217, provided: ‘‘That this Act [see Tables for classification] shall take effect on July 1, 1931.’’ § 4225. Fiscal districts; establishment; district ac- counting and disbursing offices; personnel; duties The President is authorized, whenever the ne- cessity for such offices with a view to effecting economies in accounting procedure is apparent, to prescribe certain fiscal districts or areas and to establish within each such district as a part of the Department of State service, a district ac- counting and disbursing office to exercise con- trol over the accounts and returns of all diplo- matic missions and consular offices within the district in such manner as the President may di- rect. To each such office may be assigned the ad- ministrative accounting responsibility for re- ceipts and expenditures of the diplomatic mis- sions and consular offices within the district. Each district office shall be in charge of an ac- countable officer, to whom all fees, and other of- ficial monies, received by any diplomatic, con- sular, or Foreign Service officer may be ac- counted for, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of State, all such fees and monies, or the residue thereof after the payment of salaries, allowances, and current expenses of the diplomatic missions and consular offices within the district, to be paid by the district accounting and disbursing officer into the Treasury of the United States. Such district accounting and disbursing officers ac- countable for public monies may entrust monies to other officers for the purpose of having them make disbursements as his agent, and the officer to whom the monies are entrusted, as well as the officer who entrusts the monies to him, shall be held pecuniarily responsible therefor to the United States. All diplomatic, consular or Foreign Service officers on duty within the area covered by such district offices may be required to render accounts of their disbursements to the officer in charge of such district office to be in- cluded in his accounts. Provided further, That the Secretary of State is authorized to appoint such district accounting and disbursing officers and their assistants in the same manner as clerks in diplomatic mis- sions and consular offices are appointed. Section 3522 of title 31, and any other existing statutes, in so far as they conflict with this sec- tion are hereby amended. (May 24, 1924, ch. 182, § 35, as added Feb. 23, 1931, ch. 276, § 7, 46 Stat. 1216; amended Pub. L. 92–310, title II, § 227(b), June 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 207.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION ‘‘Section 3522 of title 31’’ substituted in text for ‘‘Sec- tion 3622 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (U.S.C., title 31, sec. 496)’’, on authority of Pub. L. 97–258, § 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067, the first sec- tion of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance. Section was not enacted as part of the Foreign Serv- ice Act of 1980 which comprises this chapter. Section was formerly classified to section 813 of this title, and prior thereto to section 23k of this title. AMENDMENTS 1972—Pub. L. 92–310 struck out provisions which re- quired district accounting and disbursing officers and their agents to be bonded. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective July 1, 1931, see section 7 of act Feb. 23, 1931, set out as an Effective Date of 1931 Amendment note under section 4224 of this title. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Function of disbursement of moneys of the United States of any agency (with certain exceptions) trans- ferred to Treasury Department by Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 4, June 10, 1933, set out as a note under section 901 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Section 4 of Ex. Ord. No. 6166 was repealed by Pub. L. 97–258, § 5(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1086, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance. See section 3321 of Title 31. § 4226. Fees and official monies from diplomatic missions, consular offices and district ac- counting and disbursing offices; disposition All fees and other official monies received by diplomatic missions or consular offices or by the district accounting and disbursing offices pro- vided in section 4225 of this title, may be trans- mitted through the Department of State for de- posit in the United States Treasury, or may be used in payment of salaries, allowances, and current expenses of said missions and offices, under such rules and regulations as the Presi- dent may from time to time prescribe; the res- idue, if any, to be transmitted through the De- partment of State for deposit in the United States Treasury. Section 3302(b) of title 31 is hereby amended. (May 24, 1924, ch. 182, § 36, as added Feb. 23, 1931, ch. 276, § 7, 46 Stat. 1216.)