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 PUBLIC LAW 97-258—SEPT. 13, 1982 bursed to the current appropriation used to pay the cost of preparing and selling the items. The Secretary may not use amounts the Secretary receives from profits on minting coins or from charges on gold or silver bullion under section 5122 of this title to pay officers and employees. The Secretary shall pay the costs of the mints and assay offices not provided for in this subsection out of appropriations. (2) Not more than $54,706,000 may be appropriated to the Secretary for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, to pay costs of the mints and assay offices. (b) To the extent the Secretary decides is necessary, the Secretary may use amounts received from depositors for refining bullion and the proceeds from the sale of byproducts (including spent acids from surplus bullion recovered in refining processes) to pay the costs of refining the bullion (including labor, material, waste, and loss on the sale of sweeps). The Secretary may not use amounts appropriated for the mints and assay offices to pay those costs. (c) The Secretary shall make an annual report at the end of each fiscal year on the operation of the Bureau. §5133. Settlement of accounts (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall— (1) charge the superintendent of each mint and the assay office at New York and the officer in charge of the assay office at San Francisco with the amount in weight of standard metal of bullion the superintendent or officer receives from the Secretary; (2) credit each superintendent and the officer with the amount in weight of coins, clippings, and other bullion the superintendent or officer returns to the Secretary; and (3) charge separately to each superintendent and the officer, who shall account for, copper to be used in the alloy of gold and silver bullion. (b) At least once a year, the Secretary shall settle the accounts of the superintendents and the officer in charge. At settlement, each superintendent and the officer shall return to the Secretary coins, clippings, and other bullion in their possession with a statement of bullion received and returned since the last settlement (including bullion returned for settlement). The Secretary shall— (1) audit the accounts and statements of each superintendent and the officer; (2) allow each superintendent the waste of precious metals, within limitations prescribed by the Secretary, that the Secretary decides is necessary for refining and minting; and (3) allow the officer the waste, within the limitations prescribed for refining, that the Secretary decides is necessary in casting fine gold and silver bars, except that the waste allowance may not apply to deposit operations. (c) After settlement, the Secretary shall compare the amount of gold and silver bullion and coins on hand with the total liabilities of the mints and assay offices. The Secretary also shall make a statement of the ordinary expense account. (d) The Secretary shall procure for each mint and assay office a series of standard weights corresponding to the standard troy pound of the National Bureau of Standards of the Department of Commerce. The series shall include a one pound weight and multiples and subdivisions of one pound from.01 grain to 25 pounds. At least

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Limitation.

Annual report.

Audit.

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