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[CITE: 31USC3323]

 
                       TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
 
                   SUBTITLE III--FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
 
            CHAPTER 33--DEPOSITING, KEEPING, AND PAYING MONEY
 
                         SUBCHAPTER II--PAYMENTS
 
Sec. 3323. Warrants

    (a) Except as provided in section 3326 of this title, the Secretary 
of the Treasury may pay out money only against a warrant. A warrant 
shall be--
        (1) authorized by law;
        (2) signed by the Secretary; and
        (3) countersigned by the Comptroller General.

    (b)(1) A disbursing official shall send to the Secretary with a 
warrant a certificate under section 3526 of this title, or a requisition 
for an advance. The certificate or requisition shall state the 
appropriation to which the payment is to be charged.
    (2) The Secretary shall return the certificate or requisition to the 
Comptroller General with the date and amount endorsed on the certificate 
or requisition.
    (c) A requisition for the payment of money on an audited account or 
for depositing money in the Treasury is not required.
    (d) The Secretary and the Comptroller General shall charge to the 
appropriate appropriation in their books any money paid by a warrant.

(Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 950.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised Section                   Source (U.S. Code)                
Source (Statutes at Large)
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3323(a)..............................  31:44(1st sentence).            June 10,
 1921, ch. 18, Sec.  304(1st par.
                                                                        1st sen
tence), 42 Stat. 24.
                                       31:76(2d sentence words before  July 31,
 1894, ch. 174, Sec.  11(2d, 3d
                                        3d comma).                      sentenc
es), 28 Stat. 209.
                                       31:147(related to               R.S. Sec
.  305(related to disbursement);
                                        disbursement).                  July 31
, 1894, ch. 174, Sec.  11(last
                                                                        sentenc
e related to Sec.  305), 28 Stat.
                                                                        209.
3323(b)..............................  31:76(2d sentence words after
                                        3d comma).
3323(c)..............................  31:76(3d sentence).
3323(d)..............................  31:44(1st sentence).
                                       31:77.                          R.S. Sec
.  3675.
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    In the section, the words ``Comptroller General'' are substituted 
for ``General Accounting Office'' for consistency.
    Subsection (a) is substituted for 31:76(2d sentence words before 3d 
comma) and 147(related to disbursement) to eliminate unnecessary words 
and for clarity and consistency.
    In subsection (b), the word ``Secretary'' is substituted for 
``Treasurer'' because of the source provisions restated in section 321 
of the revised title.
    In subsection (b)(1), the words ``instead of being specified on the 
warrant'' are omitted as surplus. The reference to ``section 3526 of 
this title'' is used because section 72, referred to in 31:76, has been 
omitted from the restatement superseded by 31:82i and 31:82i is restated 
in section 3526.
    In subsection (c), the word ``depositing'' is substituted for 
``covering'' for clarity and consistency.
