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[CITE: 5USC5567]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                      Subpart D--Pay and Allowances
 
                     CHAPTER 55--PAY ADMINISTRATION
 
              SUBCHAPTER VII--PAYMENTS TO MISSING EMPLOYEES
 
Sec. 5567. Settlement of accounts

    (a) The head of the agency concerned or his designee may settle the 
accounts of--
        (1) an employee for whose account payment has been made under 
    sections 5562, 5563, and 5565 of this title; and
        (2) a survivor of a casualty to a ship, station, or military 
    installation which results in the loss or destruction of disbursing 
    records.

That settlement is conclusive on the accounting officials of the United 
States in settling the accounts of disbursing officials.
    (b) Payment or settlement of an account made pursuant to a report, 
determination, or finding of death may not be recovered or reopened 
because of a later report or determination which fixes a date of death. 
However, an account shall be reopened and settled on the basis of a date 
of death so fixed which is later than that used as a basis for earlier 
settlement.
    (c) In settling the accounts of a disbursing official, he is 
entitled to credit for an erroneous payment or overpayment made by him 
in carrying out this subchapter, except section 5568, if there is no 
fraud or criminality by him. Recovery may not be made from an individual 
who authorizes a payment under this subchapter, except section 5568, if 
there is no fraud or criminality by him.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 494.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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                                                    Revised Statutes and
     Derivation                U.S. Code             Statutes at Large
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(a)................  50A U.S.C. 1011.              Mar. 7, 1942, ch.
                                                    166, Sec.  11, 56
                                                    Stat. 146.
(b)................  50A U.S.C. 1009(a) (5th       Mar. 7, 1942, ch.
                      sentence).                    166, Sec.  9(a) (5th
                                                    and last sentences);
                                                    added
                     ............................  July 1, 1944, ch.
                                                    371, Sec.  5, 58
                                                    Stat. 680.
                                                   Aug. 29, 1957, Pub.
                                                    L. 85-217, Sec.
                                                    1(c), 71 Stat. 492.
(c)................  50A U.S.C. 1009(a) (last
                      sentence).
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    Only that portion of the source law which is applicable to civilian 
officers and employees and their dependents is codified in this section.
    In subsection (a), the words ``or his designee'' are substituted for 
``or such person as he may designate''. The word ``employee'' is 
substituted for ``persons''. The words ``United States'' are substituted 
for ``Government'' to conform to the style of this title.
    In subsection (c), the words ``in carrying out this subchapter, 
except section 5568'' are substituted for ``in carrying out the 
provisions of this Act, except sections 13, 16, 17, and 18'', since 
sections 16 and 17 are scheduled for repeal (see Table II) and section 
18 was previously repealed. The words ``under this subchapter, except 
section 5568'' are substituted for ``under such provisions'' for the 
reasons stated in the preceding sentence.
    Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable 
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.
