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31 U.S.C. 3528: Responsibilities and relief from liability of certifying officials

Created in 1982 by Public Law 97-258. Changed by 3 later laws. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.

3 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 10 U.S.C. 2773a, 28 U.S.C. 594, 31 U.S.C. 3527.

This Congress

  • H.R. 8464 Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act · passed house · would change (a)

How it got here

1998

  • Pub. L. 105–264, §3(a)(2)(A), added par. (5). (Travel and Transportation Reform Act of 1998) Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 105–264, §3(a)(2)(B), inserted "and the Administrator of General Services has determined that verification by a prepayment audit conducted pursuant to section 3726(a) of this title for a particular mode or modes of transportation, or for an agency or subagency, will not adeq… (Travel and Transportation Reform Act of 1998) Law text · (c)
  • Pub. L. 105–264, §3(a)(2)(C), inserted "and the Administrator of General Services has determined that verification by a prepayment audit conducted pursuant to section 3726(a) of this title for a particular mode or modes of transportation, or for an agency or subagency, will not adeq… (Travel and Transportation Reform Act of 1998) Law text · (c)

1996

  • Pub. L. 104–106 struck out subsec. (d) which read as follows: "This section does not apply to disbursements of a military department of the Department of Defense, except disbursements for departmental pay and expenses in the District of Columbia." (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996) Law text · (d)

1984

  • Pub. L. 98–216 designated existing provisions as par. (1), substituted designations of subpars. (A) and (B) and cls. (i), (ii), and (iii) for former designations of pars. (1) and (2) and subpars. (A), (B), and (C), respectively, and added par. (2). · (b)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.