§ 2668. — Requisitions for advances to pay lawful obligations.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC2668]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 38--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Sec. 2668. Requisitions for advances to pay lawful obligations
(a) Authorization; accounting
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law the Secretary of
State is authorized in his discretion to issue under the limitations and
restrictions hereinafter established requisitions for advances of funds
to disbursing officers of the Fiscal Service of the Treasury Department,
under a ``State account of advances'' not to exceed the total amount of
appropriations for the Department of State, the amounts so advanced to
be used exclusively to pay upon proper vouchers obligations lawfully
payable under the respective appropriations: Provided, That a separate
``State account of advances'' shall be established on the books of the
Treasury Department relating to appropriations made to the Department of
State for each fiscal year and that a ``State account of advances''
relating to the appropriations for one fiscal year shall not be used to
pay vouchers pertaining to the appropriations of any other fiscal year.
Expenditures from the amounts requisitioned under the ``State account of
advances'' shall be charged to applicable appropriations on the books of
the Treasury Department on the basis of transfer and counter warrants
prepared in the State Department as of the close of each month and prior
to audit, certification, or adjustment by the General Accounting Office.
The General Accounting Office shall subsequently declare the sums
finally due from the several appropriations upon audited vouchers
according to law and shall certify the same to the Treasury Department
which shall make the necessary adjustments between appropriations upon
the basis of such audited settlements of the General Accounting Office:
Provided further, That such adjustments shall be reflected on the books
of the Government in the month and fiscal year during which the audited
settlements are certified to the Treasury.
(b) Removal of outstanding charges
A charge outstanding in the ``State account of advances'' shall be
removed by crediting the account of advances and deducting the amount of
the charge from an appropriation made available for advances to the
Department of State when--
(1) relief has been granted or may be granted later to a
disbursing official or agent of the Department operating under the
account of advances and under a law having no provision for removing
charges outstanding in the account of advances; or
(2) the charge has been--
(A) outstanding in the account of advances for 2 complete
fiscal years; and
(B) certified by the Secretary of State to the Comptroller
General as uncollectable.
(c) Financial liability of disbursing agent or official
Subsection (b) of this section does not affect the financial
liability of a disbursing official or agent.
(Apr. 25, 1940, ch. 154, 54 Stat. 163; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. III,
Sec. 1(a)(1), eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2107, 54 Stat. 1231; Pub. L.
97-258, Sec. 2(e), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1059.)
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 170 of Title 5 prior to
the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization
and Employees, by Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.
Transfer of Functions
In subsec. (a), ``Fiscal Service of the Treasury Department''
substituted for ``Division of Disbursement, Treasury Department'' on
authority of section 1(a)(1) of Reorg. Plan No. III of 1940, eff. June
30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2107, 54 Stat. 1231, set out in the Appendix to Title
5, Government Organization and Employees, which consolidated such
division into the Fiscal Service of the Treasury Department. See section
306 of Title 31, Money and Finance.
Amendments
1982--Pub. L. 97-258 redesignated existing provisions as subsec. (a)
and added subsecs. (b) and (c).
