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[CITE: 31USC3341]

 
                       TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
 
                   SUBTITLE III--FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
 
            CHAPTER 33--DEPOSITING, KEEPING, AND PAYING MONEY
 
                      SUBCHAPTER III--MISCELLANEOUS
 
Sec. 3341. Sale of Government warrants, checks, drafts, and 
        obligations
        
    (a) A disbursing official of the United States Government may sell a 
Government warrant, check, draft, or obligation not the property of the 
official at a premium, or dispose of the proceeds of the warrant, check, 
draft, or obligation, only if the official deposits the premium and the 
proceeds in the Treasury or with a depositary for the credit of the 
Government.
    (b) A disbursing official violating subsection (a) of this section 
shall be dismissed immediately.

(Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 956.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised Section                   Source (U.S. Code)                
Source (Statutes at Large)
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3341(a)..............................  31:544(words before last        R.S. Sec
.  3652.
                                        semicolon).
3341(b)..............................  31:544(words after last
                                        semicolon).
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    In subsection (a), the words ``disbursing official'' are substituted 
for ``officer'' for clarity and consistency in the revised title. The 
words ``either directly or indirectly'' and ``or dispose of to any 
person'' are omitted as surplus. The words ``Government warrant, check, 
draft, or obligation'' are substituted for ``Treasury note, draft, 
warrant, or other public security'' for consistency in the revised 
title. The words ``or sell . . . avails or . . . in his hands for 
disbursement'' are omitted as surplus. The words ``only if the official 
deposits the premium and the proceeds in the Treasury or with a 
depositary'' are substituted for ``without making return of such 
premium, and accounting therefor by charging the same in his account'' 
for clarity and consistency in the chapter.
    In subsection (b), the words ``from office'' are omitted as 
unnecessary.
