Title 31 › SUBTITLE I — GENERAL › CHAPTER 3 — DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY › SUBCHAPTER II — ADMINISTRATIVE › § 332
When Congress provides money in advance, the Secretary of the Treasury may carry out certain administrative actions. The Secretary can hire short-term experts or consultants at rates up to the daily equivalent of GS‑18 (as allowed by federal hiring rules); contract with and pay the State Department for health care for Treasury employees and their dependents overseas; pay for official events and receptions; clean and repair uniforms; provide sports and related activities for students at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia; put up and later remove security features (like fences, lights, and guard booths) on nonfederal property; make mutual aid agreements and train state and local law enforcement, with or without payment; offer lab help to those agencies, with or without payment; buy insurance for official vehicles used abroad; and, when needed for official work, lease foreign real property for no more than 10 years, acquire needed personal property, manage and insure those properties, and sell or otherwise dispose of them when appropriate.
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31 U.S.C. § 332
Title 31, Money and Finance
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Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102