31 U.S.C. § 332 — Miscellaneous administrative authority
submitted 42 years ago by Pub. L. 98-302 to r/title-31-MONEY-AND-FINANCE · 308 words · no verdicts yet
The Treasury Secretary can use listed powers if Congress funds them in advance. These powers cover hiring experts, providing uniforms and health services, and managing foreign property. They also let the Secretary train and assist state and local law enforcement, with or without repayment.
The Secretary of the Treasury has ten optional powers under this section. The Secretary can use them only as far as Congress has already approved funding for them in an appropriations act.
(1) The Secretary can hire experts or consultants for short-term or occasional work, under the rules in section 3109 of title 5. Their pay can't be more than the daily rate for a GS-18 federal employee.
(2) The Secretary can pay the State Department to give health and medical care to Treasury employees — and their dependents — who work in foreign countries.
(3) The Secretary can pay for official Treasury functions, like receptions and events that represent the department.
(4) The Secretary can keep uniforms for Treasury's uniformed employees maintained, repaired, and cleaned.
(5) The Secretary can fund athletic and related activities for students at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia.
(6) The Secretary can install and maintain security items — fencing, lighting, guard booths, and similar things — on property the government doesn't own or control, if Treasury needs them to protect that property. The Secretary can later remove these items.
(7) The Secretary can make agreements with state and local police to help each other. As part of these agreements, or separately, the Secretary can train employees of those agencies, whether or not Treasury gets paid back for it.
(8) The Secretary can give lab help to state and local police, whether or not Treasury gets paid back for it.
(9) The Secretary can buy insurance for official government vehicles used in other countries.
(10) When it's needed for official business: (A) the Secretary can (i) rent real property in other countries for up to 10 years, and buy, rent, or otherwise get personal property for use abroad, and (ii) manage, maintain, repair, improve, and insure that property using commercial insurance policies; and (B) when appropriate, the Secretary can get rid of that real property — by selling, renting, transferring, or other means.
The Secretary of the Treasury may to the extent provided in advance by appropriation Acts—
contract for the temporary or intermittent services of experts or consultants as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, at rates not to exceed the per diem equivalent to the rate for GS–18;
contract with and reimburse the Department of State for health and medical services for employees of the Department of the Treasury and their dependents serving in foreign countries;
provide for official functions, and reception and representation activities;
maintain, repair, and clean uniforms furnished by the Department of the Treasury to uniformed employees;
provide athletic and related activities for students at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Glynco, Georgia;
install and maintain fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities as necessary for the performance of protective functions of the Department of the Treasury on property not owned by or under jurisdiction and control of the United States Government and, subsequently, to remove the facilities therefrom;
enter into reciprocal assistance agreements with State and local law enforcement agencies and, in connection with the agreements and otherwise, train employees of those agencies, when necessary, with or without reimbursement;
provide laboratory assistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with or without reimbursement;
obtain insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign countries; and
when necessary for the performance of official business—
acquire in foreign countries real property by lease for periods not greater than 10 years and personal property for use in foreign countries by purchase, lease, or otherwise, and
manage, maintain, repair, improve, and insure by purchase of commercial insurance policies properties referred to in clause (i), and
when appropriate, dispose of (by sale, rent, transfer, or otherwise) properties referred to in subparagraph (A)(i).
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 98–302, § 3(a), May 25, 1984, 98 Stat. 217.)
- 1984Enacted · Pub. L. 98-302 · 98 Stat. 217
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 98-302 on 1984-05-25.
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