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31 U.S.C. § 3541 — Distress warrants

submitted 44 years ago by Pub. L. 97-258 to r/title-31-MONEY-AND-FINANCE · 152 words · no verdicts yet

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This section requires the Comptroller General to determine money owed when certain officials fail to account for or pay public money. The Treasury Secretary then issues a distress warrant directed to the proper marshal or marshals.

(a) If an official who receives public money before it reaches the Treasury, or a United States disbursing or certifying official, fails to submit an account or pay the money as law requires, the Comptroller General must prepare the account for that official and certify to the Treasury Secretary the amount owed to the Government. (b) The Secretary must issue a distress warrant against the official stating the amount owed and any amount paid. The warrant must be directed to the marshal of the district where the official lives. If the Secretary intends to take and sell the official’s property in another district, the warrant must be directed both to the marshal where the official lives and to the marshal where the property is located.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
(a)

When an official receiving public money before it is paid to the Treasury or a disbursing or certifying official of the United States Government does not submit an account or pay the money as prescribed by law, the Comptroller General shall make the account for the official and certify to the Secretary of the Treasury the amount due the Government.

(b)

The Secretary shall issue a distress warrant against the official stating the amount due from the official and any amount paid. The warrant shall be directed to the marshal of the district in which the official resides. If the Secretary intends to take and sell the property of an official that is located in a district other than where the official resides, the warrant shall be directed to the marshal of the district in which the official resides and the marshal of the district in which the property is located.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 968.)

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  • 1982Enacted · Pub. L. 97-258 · 96 Stat. 968

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 97-258 on 1982-09-13.

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