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Title 31, Money and FinanceRelease 119-102

§3335 Timely Disbursement of Federal Funds

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

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Heads of executive agencies, except the Tennessee Valley Authority, must make sure Federal money is paid on time. They must follow rules set by the Treasury Secretary and may pay by cash, check, electronic transfer, or other ways the Secretary names. If an agency does not follow the rules, the Treasury Secretary can charge the agency for the cost that mistake causes the Treasury’s general fund. Those charges go into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. As much as possible, the agency should pay the charge from its operating appropriations and not from money meant to run its 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

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102