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[CITE: 31USC310]

 
                       TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
 
                           SUBTITLE I--GENERAL
 
                  CHAPTER 3--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
                       SUBCHAPTER I--ORGANIZATION
 
Sec. 310. Continuing in office

    When the term of office of an officer of the Department of the 
Treasury ends, the officer may continue to serve until a successor is 
appointed and qualified.

(Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 880, Sec. 309; renumbered 
Sec. 310, Pub. L. 101-73, title III, Sec. 307(a)(1), Aug. 9, 1989, 103 
Stat. 352.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised Section                   Source (U.S. Code)                
Source (Statutes at Large)
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309..................................  31:1016.                        Mar. 2, 
1895, ch. 187(1st par. under
                                                                        heading
 ``Treasury Department''), 28
                                                                        Stat. 8
44.
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    In the section, the words ``When the term of office . . . ends'' are 
substituted for ``whose terms of office have expired or shall expire'' 
for consistency and to eliminate unnecessary words. The words ``may 
continue to serve'' are substituted for ``The Secretary of the Treasury 
is authorized and directed to pay'', ``and who have been performing or 
shall perform the duties of their respective offices after the date of 
such expiration'', and ``the salary, compensation, fees, or emoluments 
authorized or provided by law in each case for the respective incumbents 
of the offices'' because of 25 Op. Atty. Gen. 636 (1906) and for 
consistency with other titles of the United States Code. The words 
``until a successor is appointed and qualified'' are substituted for 
``before the appointment and qualification of their successors'' and 
31:1016(last sentence) for consistency with other titles of the Code.


                               Amendments

    1989--Pub. L. 101-73 renumbered section 309 of this title as this 
section.
