10 U.S.C. § 2773 — Designation, powers, and accountability of deputy disbursing officials
submitted 64 years ago by Pub. L. 87-480 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 247 words · no verdicts yet
A Defense Department disbursing official may designate an approved deputy to make payments, sign Treasury-account checks, and perform other legal duties. After death, disability, or separation, the deputy may continue temporarily and is liable for the deputy’s actions.
(a) (1) Subject to (3), a Defense Department disbursing official may designate a deputy to (A) make payments as the official’s agent, (B) sign checks on Treasury disbursing accounts, and (C) perform other duties required by law. (2) The same misconduct penalties apply to the deputy as to the official. (3) The designation requires Defense Secretary approval, or the relevant military Secretary’s approval for a military-department official. (b) (1) If the official dies, becomes disabled, or leaves office, the deputy may continue the accounts and payments in the former official’s name until the last day of the second month after that event’s month. They must be allowed, audited, and settled as law provides. The Treasury Secretary must honor checks signed in that name as if the official remained in office. (2) The deputy, not the former official or estate, is liable for the deputy’s actions.
Subject to paragraph (3), a disbursing official of the Department of Defense may designate a deputy disbursing official—
to make payments as the agent of the disbursing official;
to sign checks drawn on disbursing accounts of the Secretary of the Treasury; and
to carry out other duties required under law.
The penalties for misconduct that apply to a disbursing official apply to a deputy disbursing official designated under this subsection.
A disbursing official may make a designation under paragraph (1) only with the approval of the Secretary of Defense or, in the case of a disbursing official of a military department, the Secretary of that military department.
If a disbursing official of the Department of Defense dies, becomes disabled, or is separated from office, a deputy disbursing official may continue the accounts and payments in the name of the former disbursing official until the last day of the 2d month after the month in which the death, disability, or separation occurs. The accounts and payments shall be allowed, audited, and settled as provided by law. The Secretary of the Treasury shall honor checks signed in the name of the former disbursing official in the same way as if the former disbursing official had continued in office.
The deputy disbursing official, and not the former disbursing official or the estate of the former disbursing official, is liable for the actions of the deputy disbursing official under this subsection.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 87–480, § 1(1)(A), June 8, 1962, 76 Stat. 94; amended Pub. L. 97–258, § 2(b)(7)(B), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1054; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title IX, § 913(a)(2), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 410.)
- 1962Enacted · Pub. L. 87-480 · 76 Stat. 94
- 1982Amended · Pub. L. 97-258 · 96 Stat. 1054
- 1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-106 · 110 Stat. 410
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 87-480 on 1962-06-08.
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