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[CITE: 31USC3530]

 
                       TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
 
                   SUBTITLE III--FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
 
                  CHAPTER 35--ACCOUNTING AND COLLECTION
 
             SUBCHAPTER III--AUDITING AND SETTLING ACCOUNTS
 
Sec. 3530. Adjusting accounts

    (a) An appropriation or fund currently available for the expense of 
an accountable function shall be charged with an amount necessary to 
adjust an account of an accountable official or agent when--
        (1) necessary to adjust the account for a loss to the United 
    States Government resulting from the fault or negligence of the 
    official or agent; and
        (2) the head of the agency decides the loss is uncollectable.

    (b) An adjustment does not affect the personal financial liability 
of an official or agent for the loss.
    (c) The Comptroller General shall prescribe regulations to carry out 
subsection (a) of this section.
    (d) Under procedures prescribed by the Comptroller General, the head 
of an agency may charge the net amount of unpaid and overpaid balances 
in individual pay accounts against the appropriation for the fiscal year 
in which the balances occurred and from which the accounts were payable. 
The net amount shall be credited to and paid from the corresponding 
appropriation for the next fiscal year.

(Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 967.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised Section                   Source (U.S. Code)                
Source (Statutes at Large)
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3530(a)..............................  31:1202(a)(1st sentence).       June 6, 
1972, Pub. L. 92-310, Sec.  102,
                                                                        86 Stat
. 201.
3530(b)..............................  31:1202(a)(last sentence).
3530(c)..............................  31:1202(b).
3530(d)..............................  31:581d.                        July 15,
 1954, ch. 509, Sec.  3(a), 68
                                                                        Stat. 4
83.
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    In subsection (a), before clause (1), the words ``restore or 
otherwise'' are omitted as surplus. The word ``currently'' is 
substituted for ``at the time the restoration or adjustment is made'' to 
eliminate unnecessary words. The word ``official'' is substituted for 
``officer'' for consistency in the revised title and with other titles 
of the United States Code. In clause (2), the words ``concerned'' and 
``the amount of'' are omitted as surplus.
    In subsection (b), the words ``restoration or'' are omitted as 
surplus and because of the restatement.
    In subsections (c) and (d), the words ``of the United States'' are 
omitted as surplus.
    In subsection (c), the words ``and issue'' are omitted as surplus. 
The words ``to carry out subsection (a) of this section'' are 
substituted for ``The restorations and adjustments provided for by 
subsection (a) of this section shall be made in accordance with'' to 
eliminate unnecessary words.
    In subsection (d), the word ``settlement'' is omitted as surplus. 
The words ``the Secretary of the department concerned or . . . or 
independent establishment concerned'' are omitted as unnecessary because 
of the restatement. The word ``occurring'' is omitted as surplus. The 
word ``accounts'' is substituted for ``amount'' before ``was payable'' 
for clarity. The word ``succeeding'' is omitted as surplus.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 5 section 5514.
