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PUBLIC LAW 98-216—FEB. 14, 1984

98 STAT. 3

Public Law 98-216 98th Congress An Act To codify without substantive change recent laws related to money and finance and transportation and to improve the United States Coae.

Feb. 14, 1984 [H.R. 2727]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 31

1. Title 31, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) The first sentence of section 755 is amended to read as follows: "A final decision under section 753(a)(l)-(3), (6), or (7) of this title may be reviewed by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit or by the court of appeals of the United States for the circuit in which the petitioner resides.". (2) Section 1535 is amended by— (A) inserting in subsection (a)(3) "or get by contract" after J "provide"; (B) inserting in subsection (a)(4) "by contract" after "ffK "provided"; (C) striking out subsection (b); (D) redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b); and (E) inserting after subsection (b) (as redesignated) the following: "(c) A condition or limitation applicable to amounts for procurement of an agency or unit placing an order or making a contract under this section applies to the placing of the order or the making of the contract". (3) Section 3322 is amended by— (A) redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and (B) striking out subsection (a) and substituting the following: "(a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer public money to a disbursing official only by draft or warrant written on the Treasury. Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a disbursing official shall— "(1) deposit public money as required by section 3302 of this title; and ^ "(2) draw public money from the Treasury or a depositary only— "(A) as necessary to make payments; and "(B) payable to persons to whom payment is to be made. "(b) In a place without a depositary, the Secretary, on deciding it is essential to the public interest, may authorize specially in writing that public money be— "(1) deposited in any other public depositary; or "(2) kept in another manner under regulations the Secretary decides are the safest and most effective in making a payment to a public creditor easier.".

Money and finance.

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96 Stat. 2478.

96 Stat. 933.

96 Stat. 950.