Title 31 — Money and Finance
493 sections across 31 chapters.
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Ch. 1 — Agency 3 sections
Ch. 3 — Department of the Treasury 28 sections
- § 301 Department of the Treasury
- § 302 Treasury of the United States
- § 303 Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- § 304 United States Mint
- § 305 Federal Financing Bank
- § 306 Fiscal Service
- § 307 Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
- § 308 United States Customs Service
- § 309 Office of Thrift Supervision
- § 310 Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
- § 311 Office of Intelligence and Analysis
- § 312 Terrorism and financial intelligence
- § 313 Federal Insurance Office
- § 314 Covered agreements
- § 315 Continuing in office
- § 321 General authority of the Secretary
- § 322 Working capital fund
- § 323 Investment of operating cash
- § 324 Disposing and extending the maturity of obligations
- § 325 International affairs authorization
- § 326 Availability of appropriations for certain expenses
- § 327 Advancements and reimbursements for services
- § 328 Accounts and payments of former disbursing officials
- § 329 Limitations on outside activities
- § 330 Practice before the Department
- § 331 Reports
- § 332 Miscellaneous administrative authority
- § 333 Prohibition of misuse of Department of the Treasury names, symbols, etc.
Ch. 5 — Office of Management and Budget 9 sections
- § 501 Office of Management and Budget
- § 502 Officers
- § 503 Functions of Deputy Director for Management
- § 504 Office of Federal Financial Management
- § 505 Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
- § 506 Office of Federal Procurement Policy
- § 507 Office of Electronic Government
- § 521 Employees
- § 522 Necessary expenditures
Ch. 7 — Government Accountability Office 43 sections
- § 701 Definitions
- § 702 Government Accountability Office
- § 703 Comptroller General and Deputy Comptroller General
- § 704 Relationship to other laws
- § 705 Inspector General for the Government Accountability Office
- § 711 General authority
- § 712 Investigating the use of public money
- § 713 Audit of Internal Revenue Service, Tax and Trade Bureau, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
- § 714 Audit of Financial Institutions Examination Council, Federal Reserve Board, Federal reserve banks, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Office of Comptroller of the Currency
- § 715 Audit of accounts and operations of the District of Columbia government
- § 716 Availability of information and inspection of records
- § 717 Evaluating programs and activities of the United States Government
- § 718 Availability of draft reports
- § 719 Comptroller General reports
- § 720 Agency reports
- § 721 Access to certain information
- § 731 General
- § 732 Personnel management system
- § 732a Critical positions
- § 733 Senior Executive Service
- § 734 Assignments and details to Congress
- § 735 Relationship to other laws
- § 736 Authorization of appropriations
- § 751 Organization
- § 752 Chairman and General Counsel
- § 753 Duties and powers
- § 754 Action by the Comptroller General
- § 755 Judicial review
- § 771 Definitions
- § 772 Annuity of the Comptroller General
- § 773 Election of survivor benefits
- § 774 Survivor annuities
- § 775 Refunds
- § 776 Payment of survivor benefits
- § 777 Annuity increases
- § 778 Dependency and disability decisions
- § 779 Use of appropriations
- § 781 Authority over the General Accounting Office Building
- § 782 Leasing of space in the General Accounting Office Building
- § 783 Rules and regulations
- § 791 Center for Audit Excellence
- § 792 Account
- § 793 Authorization of appropriations
Ch. 9 — Authority and functions of agency Chief Financial Officers 3 sections
Ch. 11 — Fiscal year 1 inactive 25 sections
- § 1101 Definitions
- § 1102 Fiscal year
- § 1103 Budget ceiling
- § 1104 Budget and appropriations authority of the President
- § 1105 Budget contents and submission to Congress
- § 1106 Supplemental budget estimates and changes
- § 1107 Deficiency and supplemental appropriations
- § 1108 Preparation and submission of appropriations requests to the President
- § 1109 Current programs and activities estimates
- § 1110 Year-ahead requests for authorizing legislation
- § 1111 Improving economy and efficiency
- § 1112 Fiscal, budget, and program information
- § 1113 Congressional information
- § 1114 Repealed. Pub. L. 103–355, title II, § 2454(c)(2) , Oct. 13, 1994 , 108 Stat. 3326 ] Repealed
- § 1115 Federal Government and agency performance plans
- § 1116 Agency performance reporting
- § 1117 Exemption
- § 1118 Pilot projects for performance goals
- § 1119 Pilot projects for performance budgeting
- § 1120 Federal Government and agency priority goals
- § 1121 Quarterly priority progress reviews and use of performance information
- § 1122 Transparency of programs, priority goals, and results
- § 1123 Chief Operating Officers
- § 1124 Performance Improvement Officers and the Performance Improvement Council
- § 1125 Elimination of unnecessary agency reporting
- § 1126 Program Management Improvement Officers and Program Management Policy Council
Ch. 13 — Application 29 sections
- § 1301 Application
- § 1302 Determining amounts appropriated
- § 1303 Effect of changes in titles of appropriations
- § 1304 Judgments, awards, and compromise settlements
- § 1305 Miscellaneous permanent appropriations
- § 1306 Use of foreign credits
- § 1307 Public building construction
- § 1308 Telephone and metered services
- § 1309 Social security tax
- § 1310 Appropriations for private organizations
- § 1321 Trust funds
- § 1322 Payments of unclaimed trust fund amounts and refund of amounts erroneously deposited
- § 1323 Trust funds for certain fees, donations, quasi-public amounts, and unearned amounts
- § 1324 Refund of internal revenue collections
- § 1341 Limitations on expending and obligating amounts
- § 1342 Limitation on voluntary services
- § 1343 Buying and leasing passenger motor vehicles and aircraft
- § 1344 Passenger carrier use
- § 1345 Expenses of meetings
- § 1346 Commissions, councils, boards, and interagency and similar groups
- § 1347 Appropriations or authorizations required for agencies in existence for more than one year
- § 1348 Telephone installation and charges
- § 1349 Adverse personnel actions
- § 1350 Criminal penalty
- § 1351 Reports on violations
- § 1352 Limitation on use of appropriated funds to influence certain Federal contracting and financial transactions
- § 1353 Acceptance of travel and related expenses from non-Federal sources
- § 1354 Limitation on use of appropriated funds for contracts with entities not meeting veterans’ employment reporting requirements
- § 1355 Prohibition on use of funds for portraits
Ch. 15 — Documentary evidence requirement for Government obligations 27 sections
- § 1501 Documentary evidence requirement for Government obligations
- § 1502 Balances available
- § 1503 Comptroller General reports of amounts for which no accounting is made
- § 1511 Definition and application
- § 1512 Apportionment and reserves
- § 1513 Officials controlling apportionments
- § 1514 Administrative division of apportionments
- § 1515 Authorized apportionments necessitating deficiency or supplemental appropriations
- § 1516 Exemptions
- § 1517 Prohibited obligations and expenditures
- § 1518 Adverse personnel actions
- § 1519 Criminal penalty
- § 1531 Transfers of functions and activities
- § 1532 Withdrawal and credit
- § 1533 Transfers of appropriations for salaries and expenses to carry out national defense responsibilities
- § 1534 Adjustments between appropriations
- § 1535 Agency agreements
- § 1536 Crediting payments from purchases between executive agencies
- § 1537 Services between the United States Government and the District of Columbia government
- § 1551 Definitions; applicability of subchapter
- § 1552 Procedure for appropriation accounts available for definite periods
- § 1553 Availability of appropriation accounts to pay obligations
- § 1554 Audit, control, and reporting
- § 1555 Closing of appropriation accounts available for indefinite periods
- § 1556 Comptroller General: reports on appropriation accounts
- § 1557 Authority for exemptions in appropriation laws
- § 1558 Availability of funds following resolution of a formal protest or other challenge
Ch. 31 — Public debt limit 24 sections
- § 3101 Public debt limit
- § 3101A Presidential modification of the debt ceiling
- § 3102 Bonds
- § 3103 Notes
- § 3104 Certificates of indebtedness and Treasury bills
- § 3105 Savings bonds and savings certificates
- § 3106 Retirement and savings bonds
- § 3107 Increasing interest rates and investment yields on retirement bonds
- § 3108 Prohibition against circulation privilege
- § 3109 Tax and loss bonds
- § 3110 Sale of obligations of governments of foreign countries
- § 3111 New issue used to buy, redeem, or refund outstanding obligations
- § 3112 Sinking fund for retiring and cancelling bonds and notes
- § 3113 Accepting gifts
- § 3121 Procedure
- § 3122 Banks and trust companies as depositaries
- § 3123 Payment of obligations and interest on the public debt
- § 3124 Exemption from taxation
- § 3125 Relief for lost, stolen, destroyed, mutilated, or defaced obligations
- § 3126 Losses and relief from liability related to redeeming savings bonds and notes
- § 3127 Credit to officers, employees, and agents for stolen Treasury notes
- § 3128 Proof of death to support payment
- § 3129 Appropriation to pay expenses
- § 3130 Annual public debt report
Ch. 33 — General duties of the Secretary of the Treasury 32 sections
- § 3301 General duties of the Secretary of the Treasury
- § 3302 Custodians of money
- § 3303 Designation of depositaries
- § 3304 Transfers of public money from depositaries
- § 3305 Audits of depositaries
- § 3321 Disbursing authority in the executive branch
- § 3322 Disbursing officials
- § 3323 Warrants
- § 3324 Advances
- § 3325 Vouchers
- § 3326 Waiver of requirements for warrants and advances
- § 3327 General authority to issue checks and other drafts
- § 3328 Paying checks and drafts
- § 3329 Withholding checks to be sent to foreign countries
- § 3330 Payment of Department of Veterans Affairs checks for the benefit of individuals in foreign countries
- § 3331 Substitute checks
- § 3332 Required direct deposit
- § 3333 Relief for payments made without negligence
- § 3334 Cancellation and proceeds distribution of Treasury checks
- § 3335 Timely disbursement of Federal funds
- § 3336 Electronic benefit transfer pilot
- § 3341 Sale of Government warrants, checks, drafts, and obligations
- § 3342 Check cashing and exchange transactions
- § 3343 Check forgery insurance fund
- § 3351 Definitions
- § 3352 Estimates of improper payments and reports on actions to reduce improper payments
- § 3353 Compliance
- § 3354 Do Not Pay Initiative
- § 3355 Improving recovery of improper payments
- § 3356 Improving the use of data by executive agencies for curbing improper payments
- § 3357 Financial and administrative controls relating to fraud and improper payments
- § 3358 Interagency working group for Governmentwide payment integrity improvement
Ch. 35 — Definition 3 inactive 31 sections
- § 3501 Definition
- § 3511 Prescribing accounting requirements and developing accounting systems
- § 3512 Executive agency accounting and other financial management reports and plans
- § 3513 Financial reporting and accounting system
- § 3514 Discontinuing certain accounts maintained by the Comptroller General
- § 3515 Financial statements of agencies
- § 3516 Reports consolidation
- § 3521 Audits by agencies
- § 3522 Making and submitting accounts
- § 3523 General audit authority of the Comptroller General
- § 3524 Auditing expenditures approved without vouchers
- § 3525 Auditing nonappropriated fund activities
- § 3526 Settlement of accounts
- § 3527 General authority to relieve accountable officials and agents from liability
- § 3528 Responsibilities and relief from liability of certifying officials
- § 3529 Requests for decisions of the Comptroller General
- § 3530 Adjusting accounts
- § 3531 Repealed. Pub. L. 104–316, title I, § 115(f)(1) , Oct. 19, 1996 , 110 Stat. 3834 ] Repealed
- § 3532 Notification of account deficiencies
- § 3541 Distress warrants
- § 3542 Carrying out distress warrants
- § 3543 Postponing a distress warrant proceeding
- § 3544 Rights and remedies of the United States Government reserved
- § 3545 Civil action to recover money
- § 3551 Definitions
- § 3552 Protests by interested parties concerning procurement actions
- § 3553 Review of protests; effect on contracts pending decision
- § 3554 Decisions on protests
- § 3555 Regulations; authority of Comptroller General to verify assertions
- § 3556 Nonexclusivity of remedies; matters included in agency record
- § 3557 Expedited action in protests of public-private competitions
- § 3561 Repealed. Pub. L. 111–204, § 2(h)(6)(A)(i) , July 22, 2010 , 124 Stat. 2231 ] Repealed
- § 3562 Disposition of recovered funds
- § 3567 Repealed. Pub. L. 111–204, § 2(h)(6)(A)(i) , July 22, 2010 , 124 Stat. 2231 ] Repealed
Ch. 37 — Authority to settle claims 30 sections
- § 3701 Definitions and application
- § 3702 Authority to settle claims
- § 3711 Collection and compromise
- § 3712 Time limitations for presenting certain claims of the Government
- § 3713 Priority of Government claims
- § 3714 Keeping money due States in default
- § 3715 Buying real property of a debtor
- § 3716 Administrative offset
- § 3717 Interest and penalty on claims
- § 3718 Contracts for collection services
- § 3719 Reports on debt collection activities
- § 3720 Collection of payments
- § 3720A Reduction of tax refund by amount of debt
- § 3720B Barring delinquent Federal debtors from obtaining Federal loans or loan insurance guarantees
- § 3720C Debt Collection Improvement Account
- § 3720D Garnishment
- § 3720E Dissemination of information regarding identity of delinquent debtors
- § 3721 Claims of personnel of agencies and the District of Columbia government for personal property damage or loss
- § 3722 Claims of officers and employees at Government penal and correctional institutions
- § 3723 Small claims for privately owned property damage or loss
- § 3724 Claims for damages caused by investigative or law enforcement officers of the Department of Justice
- § 3725 Claims of non-nationals for personal injury or death in a foreign country
- § 3726 Payment for transportation
- § 3727 Assignments of claims
- § 3728 Setoff against judgment
- § 3729 False claims
- § 3730 Civil actions for false claims
- § 3731 False claims procedure
- § 3732 False claims jurisdiction
- § 3733 Civil investigative demands
Ch. 38 — False claims and statements 1 inactive 11 sections
- § 3801 Definitions
- § 3802 False claims and statements; liability
- § 3803 Hearing and determinations
- § 3804 Subpoena authority
- § 3805 Judicial review
- § 3806 Collection of civil penalties and assessments
- § 3807 Right to administrative offset
- § 3808 Limitations
- § 3809 Regulations
- § 3810 Repealed. Pub. L. 104–66, title III, § 3001(c)(1) , Dec. 21, 1995 , 109 Stat. 734 ] Repealed
- § 3811 Effect on other law
- § 3812 Prohibition against delegation
Ch. 39 — Interest penalties 1 inactive 6 sections
- § 3901 Definitions and application
- § 3902 Interest penalties
- § 3903 Regulations
- § 3904 Limitations on discount payments
- § 3905 Payment provisions relating to construction contracts
- § 3906 Repealed. Pub. L. 105–362, title XIII, § 1301(c)(1) , Nov. 10, 1998 , 112 Stat. 3293 ] Repealed
- § 3907 Relationship to other laws
Ch. 51 — Decimal system 30 sections
- § 5101 Decimal system
- § 5102 Standard weight
- § 5103 Legal tender
- § 5111 Minting and issuing coins, medals, and numismatic items
- § 5112 Denominations, specifications, and design of coins
- § 5113 Tolerances and testing of coins
- § 5114 Engraving and printing currency and security documents
- § 5115 United States currency notes
- § 5116 Buying and selling gold and silver
- § 5117 Transferring gold and gold certificates
- § 5118 Gold clauses and consent to sue
- § 5119 Redemption and cancellation of currency
- § 5120 Obsolete, mutilated, and worn coins and currency
- § 5121 Refining, assaying, and valuation of bullion
- § 5122 Payment to depositors
- § 5131 Organization
- § 5132 Administrative
- § 5133 Settlement of accounts
- § 5134 Numismatic Public Enterprise Fund
- § 5135 Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee
- § 5136 United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund
- § 5141 Operation of the Bureau
- § 5142 Bureau of Engraving and Printing Fund
- § 5143 Payment for services
- § 5144 Providing impressions of portraits and vignettes
- § 5151 Conversion of currency of foreign countries
- § 5152 Value of United States money holdings in international institutions
- § 5153 Counterfeit currency
- § 5154 State taxation
- § 5155 Providing engraved plates of portraits of deceased members of Congress
Ch. 53 — Buying obligations of the United States Government 2 inactive 40 sections
- § 5301 Buying obligations of the United States Government
- § 5302 Stabilizing exchange rates and arrangements
- § 5303 Reserved coins and currencies of foreign countries Reserved
- § 5304 Regulations
- § 5311 Declaration of purpose
- § 5312 Definitions and application
- § 5313 Reports on domestic coins and currency transactions
- § 5314 Records and reports on foreign financial agency transactions
- § 5315 Reports on foreign currency transactions
- § 5316 Reports on exporting and importing monetary instruments
- § 5317 Search and forfeiture of monetary instruments
- § 5318 Compliance, exemptions, and summons authority
- § 5318A Special measures for jurisdictions, financial institutions, international transactions, or types of accounts of primary money laundering concern
- § 5319 Availability of reports
- § 5320 Injunctions
- § 5321 Civil penalties
- § 5322 Criminal penalties
- § 5323 Rewards for informants
- § 5324 Structuring transactions to evade reporting requirement prohibited
- § 5325 Identification required to purchase certain monetary instruments
- § 5326 Records of certain domestic transactions
- § 5327 Repealed. Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title II, § 2223(1) , Sept. 30, 1996 , 110 Stat. 3009–415 ] Repealed
- § 5328 Whistleblower protections
- § 5329 Staff commentaries
- § 5330 Registration of money transmitting businesses
- § 5331 Reports relating to coins and currency received in nonfinancial trade or business
- § 5332 Bulk cash smuggling into or out of the United States
- § 5340 Definitions
- § 5341 National money laundering and related financial crimes strategy
- § 5342 High-risk money laundering and related financial crime areas
- § 5351 Establishment of financial crime-free communities support program
- § 5352 Program authorization
- § 5353 Information collection and dissemination with respect to grant recipients
- § 5354 Grants for fighting money laundering and related financial crimes
- § 5355 Authorization of appropriations
- § 5361 Congressional findings and purpose
- § 5362 Definitions
- § 5363 Prohibition on acceptance of any financial instrument for unlawful Internet gambling
- § 5364 Policies and procedures to identify and prevent restricted transactions
- § 5365 Civil remedies
- § 5366 Criminal penalties
- § 5367 Circumventions prohibited
Ch. 61 — Program information requirements 7 sections
Ch. 62 — Content 7 sections
Ch. 63 — Using procurement contracts 8 sections
- § 6301 Purposes
- § 6302 Definitions
- § 6303 Using procurement contracts
- § 6304 Using grant agreements
- § 6305 Using cooperative agreements
- § 6306 Authority to vest title in tangible personal property for research
- § 6307 Interpretative guidelines and exemptions
- § 6308 Use of multiple relationships for different parts of jointly financed projects
Ch. 64 — Data standards for grant reporting 4 sections
Ch. 65 — Information on grants received 8 sections
- § 6501 Definitions
- § 6502 Information on grants received
- § 6503 Intergovernmental financing
- § 6504 Use of existing State or multimember agency to administer grant programs
- § 6505 Authority to provide specialized or technical services
- § 6506 Development assistance
- § 6507 Congressional review of grant programs
- § 6508 Studies and reports
Ch. 67 — Payments to local governments 20 sections
- § 6701 Payments to local governments
- § 6702 Local Government Fiscal Assistance Fund
- § 6703 Qualification for payment
- § 6704 State area allocations; allocations and payments to territorial governments
- § 6705 Local government allocations
- § 6706 Income gap multiplier
- § 6707 State variation of local government allocations
- § 6708 Adjustments of local government allocations
- § 6709 Information used in allocation formulas
- § 6710 Public participation
- § 6711 Prohibited discrimination
- § 6712 Discrimination proceedings
- § 6713 Suspension and termination of payments in discrimination proceedings
- § 6714 Compliance agreements
- § 6715 Enforcement by the Attorney General of prohibitions on discrimination
- § 6716 Civil action by a person adversely affected
- § 6717 Judicial review
- § 6718 Investigations and reviews
- § 6719 Reports
- § 6720 Definitions, application, and administration
Ch. 69 — Authority and Eligibility 1 1 So in original. Probably shoul 7 sections
- § 6901 Definitions
- § 6902 Authority and Eligibility 1 1 So in original. Probably should not be capitalized.
- § 6903 Payments
- § 6904 Additional payments
- § 6905 Redwood National Park and the Lake Tahoe Basin
- § 6906 Funding
- § 6907 State legislation requiring reallocation or redistribution of payments to smaller units of general purpose government
Ch. 71 — Authority of the President and heads of executive agencies 12 sections
- § 7101 Purposes
- § 7102 Definitions
- § 7103 Authority of the President and heads of executive agencies
- § 7104 Processing project requests to be financed by at least 2 assistance programs
- § 7105 Prescribing uniform technical and administrative provisions
- § 7106 Delegation of supervision of assistance
- § 7107 Joint management funds
- § 7108 Limitation on authority under sections 7105–7107
- § 7109 Appropriations available for joint financing
- § 7110 Use of joint financing provisions for Federal-State assisted projects
- § 7111 Report to Congress
- § 7112 Expiration date
Ch. 73 — Reports and public hearings on proposed uses of amounts 5 sections
Ch. 75 — Audit requirements 6 sections
Ch. 77 — Taxpayer identifying number 1 section
Ch. 91 — Establishing and acquiring corporations 10 sections
- § 9101 Definitions
- § 9102 Establishing and acquiring corporations
- § 9103 Budgets of wholly owned Government corporations
- § 9104 Congressional action on budgets of wholly owned Government corporations
- § 9105 Audits
- § 9106 Management reports
- § 9107 Accounts
- § 9108 Obligations
- § 9109 Exclusion of a wholly owned Government corporation from this chapter
- § 9110 Standards for depository institutions holding securities of a Government-sponsored corporation for customers
Ch. 93 — Prohibition against surety bonds for United States Governmen 10 sections
- § 9301 Definitions
- § 9302 Prohibition against surety bonds for United States Government personnel
- § 9303 Use of eligible obligations instead of surety bonds
- § 9304 Surety corporations
- § 9305 Authority and revocation of authority of surety corporations
- § 9306 Surety corporations acting outside area of incorporation and place of principal office
- § 9307 Civil actions and judgments against surety corporations
- § 9308 Civil penalty
- § 9309 Priority of sureties
- § 9310 Individual sureties