§950 — Title 14 Coast Guard | U.S. Code

Summary

A Coast Guard disbursing official may pick a deputy to make payments for them, sign Treasury checks, and do other payment tasks they are required to do. The choice must be approved by the Secretary. The deputy must follow the same misconduct rules as the main disbursing official. If the disbursing official dies, is disabled, or leaves the job, the deputy can keep running the accounts and making payments in the former official’s name until the last day of the second month after the month the event happened. The Treasury must accept checks signed that way. The deputy, not the former official or their estate, is responsible for the deputy’s actions. This rule does not apply while the Coast Guard is serving as part of the Navy under 10 U.S.C. 2773, except that deputies named before that service began keep their authority until ended by the original naming official or an authorized approver.

Title 14, §950

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(a)(1)Subject to paragraph (3), a disbursing official of the Coast Guard may designate a deputy disbursing official—

(A)to make payments as the agent of the disbursing official;

(B)to sign checks drawn on disbursing accounts of the Secretary of the Treasury; and

(C)to carry out other duties required under law.

(2)The penalties for misconduct that apply to a disbursing official apply to a deputy disbursing official designated under this subsection.

(3)A disbursing official may make a designation under paragraph (1) only with the approval of the Secretary.

(b)(1)If a disbursing official of the Coast Guard dies, becomes disabled, or is separated from office, a deputy disbursing official may continue the accounts and payments in the name of the former disbursing official until the last day of the second month after the month in which the death, disability, or separation occurs. The accounts and payments shall be allowed, audited, and settled as provided by law. The Secretary of the Treasury shall honor checks signed in the name of the former disbursing official in the same way as if the former disbursing official had continued in office.

(2)The deputy disbursing official, and not the former disbursing official or the estate of the former disbursing official, is liable for the actions of the deputy disbursing official under this subsection.

(c)(1)Except as provided in paragraph (2), this section does not apply to the Coast Guard when section 2773 of title 10 applies to the Coast Guard by reason of the operation of the Coast Guard as a service in the Navy.

(2)A designation of a deputy disbursing official under subsection (a) that is made while the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Navy continues in effect for purposes of section 2773 of title 10 while the Coast Guard operates as a service in the Navy unless and until the designation is terminated by the disbursing official who made the designation or an official authorized to approve such a designation under subsection (a)(3) of such section.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 673 of this title as this section. 2012—Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 112–213 struck out “of Homeland Security (when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Navy)” after “Secretary”. 2002—Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 107–296 substituted “of Homeland Security” for “of Transportation”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2002 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 107–296 effective on the date of transfer of the Coast Guard to the Department of Homeland Security, see section 1704(g) of Pub. L. 107–296, set out as a note under section 101 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

§950 Designation, Powers, and Accountability of Deputy Disbursing Officials