Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 96 Part 1.djvu/998

 96 STAT. 956

Regulations.

PUBLIC LAW 97-258—SEPT. 13, 1982 ing official to issue a check payable to each of the organizations in the amount designated for— (1) credit to the checking account of the officer or employee; (2) deposit of savings for the officer or employee; or (3) buying shares for the officer or employee. (c) An agency is not reimbursed for the cost of issuing one check requested by an officer or employee under subsection (b) of this section. However, a financial organization (except a financial organization designated by an officer or employee of either House of Congress) shall reimburse the agency for the cost of each additional check issued. The check for which the agency is not reimbursed is the check in the largest amount. (d) If more than one officer or employee making a designation under this section designates the same financial organization, the head of the agency may authorize a disbursing official to issue a check payable to the organization for the total amount designated by the officers and employees, accompanied by a schedule stating the amount to be credited to the account of each officer and employee. (e) Payment by the Government by more than one check, issued under this section and properly endorsed, is complete payment of the amount due to the officer or employee requesting payment. (f) On the written request of a person to whom payment is to be made, this section may be applied to any class of recurring payments. (g) The Secretary of the Senate shall prescribe regulations for the Senate in carrying out this section. With the approval of the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives, the Clerk of the House shall prescribe regulations for the House in carrying out this section. The Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe regulations for all other agencies in carrying out this section. § 3333. Relief for payments made without negligence (a)(1) The Secretary of the Treasury is not liable for a payment made by the Secretary or depositary in due course and without negligence, of a— (A) check, draft, or warrant drawn on the Treasury or the depositary; and (B) debt obligation guaranteed or assumed by the United States Government. (2) The Comptroller General shall credit the accounts of the Treasury or the depositary for the payment. (b) This section does not relieve another individual from civil or criminal liability for a check, draft, warrant, or debt obligation of the Government. SUBCHAPTER III—MISCELLANEOUS § 334L Sale of Government warrants, checks, drafts, and obligations (a) A disbursing official of the United States Government may sell a Government warrant, check, draft, or obligation not the property of the official at a premium, or dispose of the proceeds of the warrant, check, draft, or obligation, only if the official deposits the premium and the proceeds in the Treasury or with a depositary for the credit of the Government.

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