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Title 31 — Money and FinanceRelease 119-73

§3335 Timely disbursement of Federal funds

Title 31 › Subtitle SUBTITLE III— - FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT › Chapter CHAPTER 33— - DEPOSITING, KEEPING, AND PAYING MONEY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - PAYMENTS › § 3335

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Heads of executive agencies (except the Tennessee Valley Authority) must make sure federal payments are sent on time by cash, check, electronic transfer, or other methods the Treasury Secretary sets out. They must follow rules the Treasury Secretary issues. If an agency does not follow the rules, the Treasury Secretary can charge it an amount equal to the cost that delay caused to the Treasury’s general fund. Collected charges go into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. As much as possible, agencies should pay those charges from their operating appropriations and not from money meant to run their programs.

Full Legal Text

Title 31, §3335

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(a)Each head of an executive agency (other than the Tennessee Valley Authority) shall, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, provide for the timely disbursement of Federal funds through cash, checks, electronic funds transfer, or any other means identified by the Secretary.
(b)The Secretary may collect from any executive agency which does not comply with subsection (a) a charge in an amount the Secretary determines to be the cost to the general fund of the Treasury caused by such noncompliance.
(c)The amounts of charges collected from an executive agency under this section shall be deposited in the Treasury and credited as miscellaneous receipts.
(d)Any charge assessed by the Secretary under this section, to the maximum extent practicable—
(1)shall be paid out of appropriations available for executive agency operations; and
(2)shall not be paid from amounts available for funding programs of an executive agency.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Regulations

Pub. L. 101–453, § 4(c), Oct. 24, 1990, 104 Stat. 1059, as amended by Pub. L. 102–589, § 2(1), Nov. 10, 1992, 106 Stat. 5133, provided that: “The Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe

Regulations

under section 3335 of title 31, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), to ensure the full implementation of that section.”

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Citation

31 U.S.C. § 3335

Title 31 — Money and Finance

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73