Title 31 — Money and Finance
493 sections across 31 chapters.
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Ch. 1— Agency3 sections
Ch. 3— Department of the Treasury28 sections
- § 301Department of the Treasury
- § 302Treasury of the United States
- § 303Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- § 304United States Mint
- § 305Federal Financing Bank
- § 306Fiscal Service
- § 307Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
- § 308United States Customs Service
- § 309Office of Thrift Supervision
- § 310Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
- § 311Office of Intelligence and Analysis
- § 312Terrorism and financial intelligence
- § 313Federal Insurance Office
- § 314Covered agreements
- § 315Continuing in office
- § 321General authority of the Secretary
- § 322Working capital fund
- § 323Investment of operating cash
- § 324Disposing and extending the maturity of obligations
- § 325International affairs authorization
- § 326Availability of appropriations for certain expenses
- § 327Advancements and reimbursements for services
- § 328Accounts and payments of former disbursing officials
- § 329Limitations on outside activities
- § 330Practice before the Department
- § 331Reports
- § 332Miscellaneous administrative authority
- § 333Prohibition of misuse of Department of the Treasury names, symbols, etc.
Ch. 5— Office of Management and Budget9 sections
- § 501Office of Management and Budget
- § 502Officers
- § 503Functions of Deputy Director for Management
- § 504Office of Federal Financial Management
- § 505Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
- § 506Office of Federal Procurement Policy
- § 507Office of Electronic Government
- § 521Employees
- § 522Necessary expenditures
Ch. 7— Government Accountability Office43 sections
- § 701Definitions
- § 702Government Accountability Office
- § 703Comptroller General and Deputy Comptroller General
- § 704Relationship to other laws
- § 705Inspector General for the Government Accountability Office
- § 711General authority
- § 712Investigating the use of public money
- § 713Audit of Internal Revenue Service, Tax and Trade Bureau, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
- § 714Audit of Financial Institutions Examination Council, Federal Reserve Board, Federal reserve banks, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Office of Comptroller of the Currency
- § 715Audit of accounts and operations of the District of Columbia government
- § 716Availability of information and inspection of records
- § 717Evaluating programs and activities of the United States Government
- § 718Availability of draft reports
- § 719Comptroller General reports
- § 720Agency reports
- § 721Access to certain information
- § 731General
- § 732Personnel management system
- § 732aCritical positions
- § 733Senior Executive Service
- § 734Assignments and details to Congress
- § 735Relationship to other laws
- § 736Authorization of appropriations
- § 751Organization
- § 752Chairman and General Counsel
- § 753Duties and powers
- § 754Action by the Comptroller General
- § 755Judicial review
- § 771Definitions
- § 772Annuity of the Comptroller General
- § 773Election of survivor benefits
- § 774Survivor annuities
- § 775Refunds
- § 776Payment of survivor benefits
- § 777Annuity increases
- § 778Dependency and disability decisions
- § 779Use of appropriations
- § 781Authority over the General Accounting Office Building
- § 782Leasing of space in the General Accounting Office Building
- § 783Rules and regulations
- § 791Center for Audit Excellence
- § 792Account
- § 793Authorization of appropriations
Ch. 9— Authority and functions of agency Chief Financial Officers3 sections
Ch. 11— Fiscal year1 inactive25 sections
- § 1101Definitions
- § 1102Fiscal year
- § 1103Budget ceiling
- § 1104Budget and appropriations authority of the President
- § 1105Budget contents and submission to Congress
- § 1106Supplemental budget estimates and changes
- § 1107Deficiency and supplemental appropriations
- § 1108Preparation and submission of appropriations requests to the President
- § 1109Current programs and activities estimates
- § 1110Year-ahead requests for authorizing legislation
- § 1111Improving economy and efficiency
- § 1112Fiscal, budget, and program information
- § 1113Congressional information
- § 1114Repealed. Pub. L. 103–355, title II, § 2454(c)(2) , Oct. 13, 1994 , 108 Stat. 3326 ]Repealed
- § 1115Federal Government and agency performance plans
- § 1116Agency performance reporting
- § 1117Exemption
- § 1118Pilot projects for performance goals
- § 1119Pilot projects for performance budgeting
- § 1120Federal Government and agency priority goals
- § 1121Quarterly priority progress reviews and use of performance information
- § 1122Transparency of programs, priority goals, and results
- § 1123Chief Operating Officers
- § 1124Performance Improvement Officers and the Performance Improvement Council
- § 1125Elimination of unnecessary agency reporting
- § 1126Program Management Improvement Officers and Program Management Policy Council
Ch. 13— Application29 sections
- § 1301Application
- § 1302Determining amounts appropriated
- § 1303Effect of changes in titles of appropriations
- § 1304Judgments, awards, and compromise settlements
- § 1305Miscellaneous permanent appropriations
- § 1306Use of foreign credits
- § 1307Public building construction
- § 1308Telephone and metered services
- § 1309Social security tax
- § 1310Appropriations for private organizations
- § 1321Trust funds
- § 1322Payments of unclaimed trust fund amounts and refund of amounts erroneously deposited
- § 1323Trust funds for certain fees, donations, quasi-public amounts, and unearned amounts
- § 1324Refund of internal revenue collections
- § 1341Limitations on expending and obligating amounts
- § 1342Limitation on voluntary services
- § 1343Buying and leasing passenger motor vehicles and aircraft
- § 1344Passenger carrier use
- § 1345Expenses of meetings
- § 1346Commissions, councils, boards, and interagency and similar groups
- § 1347Appropriations or authorizations required for agencies in existence for more than one year
- § 1348Telephone installation and charges
- § 1349Adverse personnel actions
- § 1350Criminal penalty
- § 1351Reports on violations
- § 1352Limitation on use of appropriated funds to influence certain Federal contracting and financial transactions
- § 1353Acceptance of travel and related expenses from non-Federal sources
- § 1354Limitation on use of appropriated funds for contracts with entities not meeting veterans’ employment reporting requirements
- § 1355Prohibition on use of funds for portraits
Ch. 15— Documentary evidence requirement for Government obligations27 sections
- § 1501Documentary evidence requirement for Government obligations
- § 1502Balances available
- § 1503Comptroller General reports of amounts for which no accounting is made
- § 1511Definition and application
- § 1512Apportionment and reserves
- § 1513Officials controlling apportionments
- § 1514Administrative division of apportionments
- § 1515Authorized apportionments necessitating deficiency or supplemental appropriations
- § 1516Exemptions
- § 1517Prohibited obligations and expenditures
- § 1518Adverse personnel actions
- § 1519Criminal penalty
- § 1531Transfers of functions and activities
- § 1532Withdrawal and credit
- § 1533Transfers of appropriations for salaries and expenses to carry out national defense responsibilities
- § 1534Adjustments between appropriations
- § 1535Agency agreements
- § 1536Crediting payments from purchases between executive agencies
- § 1537Services between the United States Government and the District of Columbia government
- § 1551Definitions; applicability of subchapter
- § 1552Procedure for appropriation accounts available for definite periods
- § 1553Availability of appropriation accounts to pay obligations
- § 1554Audit, control, and reporting
- § 1555Closing of appropriation accounts available for indefinite periods
- § 1556Comptroller General: reports on appropriation accounts
- § 1557Authority for exemptions in appropriation laws
- § 1558Availability of funds following resolution of a formal protest or other challenge
Ch. 31— Public debt limit24 sections
- § 3101Public debt limit
- § 3101APresidential modification of the debt ceiling
- § 3102Bonds
- § 3103Notes
- § 3104Certificates of indebtedness and Treasury bills
- § 3105Savings bonds and savings certificates
- § 3106Retirement and savings bonds
- § 3107Increasing interest rates and investment yields on retirement bonds
- § 3108Prohibition against circulation privilege
- § 3109Tax and loss bonds
- § 3110Sale of obligations of governments of foreign countries
- § 3111New issue used to buy, redeem, or refund outstanding obligations
- § 3112Sinking fund for retiring and cancelling bonds and notes
- § 3113Accepting gifts
- § 3121Procedure
- § 3122Banks and trust companies as depositaries
- § 3123Payment of obligations and interest on the public debt
- § 3124Exemption from taxation
- § 3125Relief for lost, stolen, destroyed, mutilated, or defaced obligations
- § 3126Losses and relief from liability related to redeeming savings bonds and notes
- § 3127Credit to officers, employees, and agents for stolen Treasury notes
- § 3128Proof of death to support payment
- § 3129Appropriation to pay expenses
- § 3130Annual public debt report
Ch. 33— General duties of the Secretary of the Treasury32 sections
- § 3301General duties of the Secretary of the Treasury
- § 3302Custodians of money
- § 3303Designation of depositaries
- § 3304Transfers of public money from depositaries
- § 3305Audits of depositaries
- § 3321Disbursing authority in the executive branch
- § 3322Disbursing officials
- § 3323Warrants
- § 3324Advances
- § 3325Vouchers
- § 3326Waiver of requirements for warrants and advances
- § 3327General authority to issue checks and other drafts
- § 3328Paying checks and drafts
- § 3329Withholding checks to be sent to foreign countries
- § 3330Payment of Department of Veterans Affairs checks for the benefit of individuals in foreign countries
- § 3331Substitute checks
- § 3332Required direct deposit
- § 3333Relief for payments made without negligence
- § 3334Cancellation and proceeds distribution of Treasury checks
- § 3335Timely disbursement of Federal funds
- § 3336Electronic benefit transfer pilot
- § 3341Sale of Government warrants, checks, drafts, and obligations
- § 3342Check cashing and exchange transactions
- § 3343Check forgery insurance fund
- § 3351Definitions
- § 3352Estimates of improper payments and reports on actions to reduce improper payments
- § 3353Compliance
- § 3354Do Not Pay Initiative
- § 3355Improving recovery of improper payments
- § 3356Improving the use of data by executive agencies for curbing improper payments
- § 3357Financial and administrative controls relating to fraud and improper payments
- § 3358Interagency working group for Governmentwide payment integrity improvement
Ch. 35— Definition3 inactive31 sections
- § 3501Definition
- § 3511Prescribing accounting requirements and developing accounting systems
- § 3512Executive agency accounting and other financial management reports and plans
- § 3513Financial reporting and accounting system
- § 3514Discontinuing certain accounts maintained by the Comptroller General
- § 3515Financial statements of agencies
- § 3516Reports consolidation
- § 3521Audits by agencies
- § 3522Making and submitting accounts
- § 3523General audit authority of the Comptroller General
- § 3524Auditing expenditures approved without vouchers
- § 3525Auditing nonappropriated fund activities
- § 3526Settlement of accounts
- § 3527General authority to relieve accountable officials and agents from liability
- § 3528Responsibilities and relief from liability of certifying officials
- § 3529Requests for decisions of the Comptroller General
- § 3530Adjusting accounts
- § 3531Repealed. Pub. L. 104–316, title I, § 115(f)(1) , Oct. 19, 1996 , 110 Stat. 3834 ]Repealed
- § 3532Notification of account deficiencies
- § 3541Distress warrants
- § 3542Carrying out distress warrants
- § 3543Postponing a distress warrant proceeding
- § 3544Rights and remedies of the United States Government reserved
- § 3545Civil action to recover money
- § 3551Definitions
- § 3552Protests by interested parties concerning procurement actions
- § 3553Review of protests; effect on contracts pending decision
- § 3554Decisions on protests
- § 3555Regulations; authority of Comptroller General to verify assertions
- § 3556Nonexclusivity of remedies; matters included in agency record
- § 3557Expedited action in protests of public-private competitions
- § 3561Repealed. Pub. L. 111–204, § 2(h)(6)(A)(i) , July 22, 2010 , 124 Stat. 2231 ]Repealed
- § 3562Disposition of recovered funds
- § 3567Repealed. Pub. L. 111–204, § 2(h)(6)(A)(i) , July 22, 2010 , 124 Stat. 2231 ]Repealed
Ch. 37— Authority to settle claims30 sections
- § 3701Definitions and application
- § 3702Authority to settle claims
- § 3711Collection and compromise
- § 3712Time limitations for presenting certain claims of the Government
- § 3713Priority of Government claims
- § 3714Keeping money due States in default
- § 3715Buying real property of a debtor
- § 3716Administrative offset
- § 3717Interest and penalty on claims
- § 3718Contracts for collection services
- § 3719Reports on debt collection activities
- § 3720Collection of payments
- § 3720AReduction of tax refund by amount of debt
- § 3720BBarring delinquent Federal debtors from obtaining Federal loans or loan insurance guarantees
- § 3720CDebt Collection Improvement Account
- § 3720DGarnishment
- § 3720EDissemination of information regarding identity of delinquent debtors
- § 3721Claims of personnel of agencies and the District of Columbia government for personal property damage or loss
- § 3722Claims of officers and employees at Government penal and correctional institutions
- § 3723Small claims for privately owned property damage or loss
- § 3724Claims for damages caused by investigative or law enforcement officers of the Department of Justice
- § 3725Claims of non-nationals for personal injury or death in a foreign country
- § 3726Payment for transportation
- § 3727Assignments of claims
- § 3728Setoff against judgment
- § 3729False claims
- § 3730Civil actions for false claims
- § 3731False claims procedure
- § 3732False claims jurisdiction
- § 3733Civil investigative demands
Ch. 38— False claims and statements1 inactive11 sections
- § 3801Definitions
- § 3802False claims and statements; liability
- § 3803Hearing and determinations
- § 3804Subpoena authority
- § 3805Judicial review
- § 3806Collection of civil penalties and assessments
- § 3807Right to administrative offset
- § 3808Limitations
- § 3809Regulations
- § 3810Repealed. Pub. L. 104–66, title III, § 3001(c)(1) , Dec. 21, 1995 , 109 Stat. 734 ]Repealed
- § 3811Effect on other law
- § 3812Prohibition against delegation
Ch. 39— Interest penalties1 inactive6 sections
- § 3901Definitions and application
- § 3902Interest penalties
- § 3903Regulations
- § 3904Limitations on discount payments
- § 3905Payment provisions relating to construction contracts
- § 3906Repealed. Pub. L. 105–362, title XIII, § 1301(c)(1) , Nov. 10, 1998 , 112 Stat. 3293 ]Repealed
- § 3907Relationship to other laws
Ch. 51— Decimal system30 sections
- § 5101Decimal system
- § 5102Standard weight
- § 5103Legal tender
- § 5111Minting and issuing coins, medals, and numismatic items
- § 5112Denominations, specifications, and design of coins
- § 5113Tolerances and testing of coins
- § 5114Engraving and printing currency and security documents
- § 5115United States currency notes
- § 5116Buying and selling gold and silver
- § 5117Transferring gold and gold certificates
- § 5118Gold clauses and consent to sue
- § 5119Redemption and cancellation of currency
- § 5120Obsolete, mutilated, and worn coins and currency
- § 5121Refining, assaying, and valuation of bullion
- § 5122Payment to depositors
- § 5131Organization
- § 5132Administrative
- § 5133Settlement of accounts
- § 5134Numismatic Public Enterprise Fund
- § 5135Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee
- § 5136United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund
- § 5141Operation of the Bureau
- § 5142Bureau of Engraving and Printing Fund
- § 5143Payment for services
- § 5144Providing impressions of portraits and vignettes
- § 5151Conversion of currency of foreign countries
- § 5152Value of United States money holdings in international institutions
- § 5153Counterfeit currency
- § 5154State taxation
- § 5155Providing engraved plates of portraits of deceased members of Congress
Ch. 53— Buying obligations of the United States Government2 inactive40 sections
- § 5301Buying obligations of the United States Government
- § 5302Stabilizing exchange rates and arrangements
- § 5303Reserved coins and currencies of foreign countriesReserved
- § 5304Regulations
- § 5311Declaration of purpose
- § 5312Definitions and application
- § 5313Reports on domestic coins and currency transactions
- § 5314Records and reports on foreign financial agency transactions
- § 5315Reports on foreign currency transactions
- § 5316Reports on exporting and importing monetary instruments
- § 5317Search and forfeiture of monetary instruments
- § 5318Compliance, exemptions, and summons authority
- § 5318ASpecial measures for jurisdictions, financial institutions, international transactions, or types of accounts of primary money laundering concern
- § 5319Availability of reports
- § 5320Injunctions
- § 5321Civil penalties
- § 5322Criminal penalties
- § 5323Rewards for informants
- § 5324Structuring transactions to evade reporting requirement prohibited
- § 5325Identification required to purchase certain monetary instruments
- § 5326Records of certain domestic transactions
- § 5327Repealed. Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title II, § 2223(1) , Sept. 30, 1996 , 110 Stat. 3009–415 ]Repealed
- § 5328Whistleblower protections
- § 5329Staff commentaries
- § 5330Registration of money transmitting businesses
- § 5331Reports relating to coins and currency received in nonfinancial trade or business
- § 5332Bulk cash smuggling into or out of the United States
- § 5340Definitions
- § 5341National money laundering and related financial crimes strategy
- § 5342High-risk money laundering and related financial crime areas
- § 5351Establishment of financial crime-free communities support program
- § 5352Program authorization
- § 5353Information collection and dissemination with respect to grant recipients
- § 5354Grants for fighting money laundering and related financial crimes
- § 5355Authorization of appropriations
- § 5361Congressional findings and purpose
- § 5362Definitions
- § 5363Prohibition on acceptance of any financial instrument for unlawful Internet gambling
- § 5364Policies and procedures to identify and prevent restricted transactions
- § 5365Civil remedies
- § 5366Criminal penalties
- § 5367Circumventions prohibited
Ch. 61— Program information requirements7 sections
Ch. 62— Content7 sections
Ch. 63— Using procurement contracts8 sections
- § 6301Purposes
- § 6302Definitions
- § 6303Using procurement contracts
- § 6304Using grant agreements
- § 6305Using cooperative agreements
- § 6306Authority to vest title in tangible personal property for research
- § 6307Interpretative guidelines and exemptions
- § 6308Use of multiple relationships for different parts of jointly financed projects
Ch. 64— Data standards for grant reporting4 sections
Ch. 65— Information on grants received8 sections
- § 6501Definitions
- § 6502Information on grants received
- § 6503Intergovernmental financing
- § 6504Use of existing State or multimember agency to administer grant programs
- § 6505Authority to provide specialized or technical services
- § 6506Development assistance
- § 6507Congressional review of grant programs
- § 6508Studies and reports
Ch. 67— Payments to local governments20 sections
- § 6701Payments to local governments
- § 6702Local Government Fiscal Assistance Fund
- § 6703Qualification for payment
- § 6704State area allocations; allocations and payments to territorial governments
- § 6705Local government allocations
- § 6706Income gap multiplier
- § 6707State variation of local government allocations
- § 6708Adjustments of local government allocations
- § 6709Information used in allocation formulas
- § 6710Public participation
- § 6711Prohibited discrimination
- § 6712Discrimination proceedings
- § 6713Suspension and termination of payments in discrimination proceedings
- § 6714Compliance agreements
- § 6715Enforcement by the Attorney General of prohibitions on discrimination
- § 6716Civil action by a person adversely affected
- § 6717Judicial review
- § 6718Investigations and reviews
- § 6719Reports
- § 6720Definitions, application, and administration
Ch. 69— Authority and Eligibility 1 1 So in original. Probably shoul7 sections
- § 6901Definitions
- § 6902Authority and Eligibility 1 1 So in original. Probably should not be capitalized.
- § 6903Payments
- § 6904Additional payments
- § 6905Redwood National Park and the Lake Tahoe Basin
- § 6906Funding
- § 6907State legislation requiring reallocation or redistribution of payments to smaller units of general purpose government
Ch. 71— Authority of the President and heads of executive agencies12 sections
- § 7101Purposes
- § 7102Definitions
- § 7103Authority of the President and heads of executive agencies
- § 7104Processing project requests to be financed by at least 2 assistance programs
- § 7105Prescribing uniform technical and administrative provisions
- § 7106Delegation of supervision of assistance
- § 7107Joint management funds
- § 7108Limitation on authority under sections 7105–7107
- § 7109Appropriations available for joint financing
- § 7110Use of joint financing provisions for Federal-State assisted projects
- § 7111Report to Congress
- § 7112Expiration date
Ch. 73— Reports and public hearings on proposed uses of amounts5 sections
Ch. 75— Audit requirements6 sections
Ch. 77— Taxpayer identifying number1 section
Ch. 91— Establishing and acquiring corporations10 sections
- § 9101Definitions
- § 9102Establishing and acquiring corporations
- § 9103Budgets of wholly owned Government corporations
- § 9104Congressional action on budgets of wholly owned Government corporations
- § 9105Audits
- § 9106Management reports
- § 9107Accounts
- § 9108Obligations
- § 9109Exclusion of a wholly owned Government corporation from this chapter
- § 9110Standards for depository institutions holding securities of a Government-sponsored corporation for customers
Ch. 93— Prohibition against surety bonds for United States Governmen10 sections
- § 9301Definitions
- § 9302Prohibition against surety bonds for United States Government personnel
- § 9303Use of eligible obligations instead of surety bonds
- § 9304Surety corporations
- § 9305Authority and revocation of authority of surety corporations
- § 9306Surety corporations acting outside area of incorporation and place of principal office
- § 9307Civil actions and judgments against surety corporations
- § 9308Civil penalty
- § 9309Priority of sureties
- § 9310Individual sureties