Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 96 Part 1.djvu/1034

 96 STAT. 992

PUBLIC LAW 97-258—SEPT. 13, 1982 (d) If the Secretary has not published a value for the quarter in which the merchandise is exported, or if the value published by the Secretary varies by at least 5 percent from a value measured by the buying rate at noon on the day the merchandise is exported, the conversion of the currency of the foreign country shall be made at a value— (1) equal to the buying rate at noon on the day the merchandise is exported; or (2) prescribed by regulation of the Secretary for the currency that is equal to the first buying rate certified for that currency by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York under subsection (e) of this section in the quarter in which the merchandise is exported, but only if the buying rate at noon on the day the merchandise is exported varies less than 5 percent from the buying rate first certified. (e) The Federal Reserve Bank of New York shall decide the buying rate and certify the rate to the Secretary. The Secretary shall publish the rate at times and to the extent the Secretary considers necessary. In deciding the buying rate, the Bank may— (1) consider the last ascertainable transactions and quotations (direct or through exchange of other currencies); and (2) if there is no buying rate, calculate the rate from— (A) actual transactions and quotations in demand or time bills of exchange; or (B) the last ascertainable transactions and quotations outside the United States in or for exchange payable in United States currency or foreign currency. § 5152. Value of United States money holdings in international institutions The Secretary of the Treasury shall maintain the value in terms of gold of the holdings of United States money of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the International Development Association, and the Asian Development Bank to the extent provided in the articles of agreement of those institutions. Amounts necessary to maintain the value may be appropriated. Amounts appropriated under this section remain available until expended. § 5153. Counterfeit currency Disbursing officials of the United States Government and officers of national banks shall stamp or mark the word "counterfeit", "altered", or "worthless" on counterfeit notes intended to circulate as currency that are presented to them. An official or officer wrongfully stamping or marking an item of genuine United States currency (including a Federal reserve note or a circulating note of Federal reserve banks and national banks) shall redeem the currency at face value when presented. § 5154. State taxation 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 United States coins and currency circulating within its jurisdiction. This section does not affect a law taxing national banks.

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