§ 673. — Small boat station rescue capability.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 14USC673]
TITLE 14--COAST GUARD
PART I--REGULAR COAST GUARD
CHAPTER 17--ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 673. Designation, powers, and accountability of deputy
disbursing officials
(a)(1) Subject to paragraph (3), a disbursing official of the Coast
Guard may designate a deputy disbursing official--
(A) to make payments as the agent of the disbursing official;
(B) to sign checks drawn on disbursing accounts of the Secretary
of the Treasury; and
(C) to carry out other duties required under law.
(2) The penalties for misconduct that apply to a disbursing official
apply to a deputy disbursing official designated under this subsection.
(3) A disbursing official may make a designation under paragraph (1)
only with the approval of the Secretary of Homeland Security (when the
Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Navy).
(b)(1) If a disbursing official of the Coast Guard dies, becomes
disabled, or is separated from office, a deputy disbursing official may
continue the accounts and payments in the name of the former disbursing
official until the last day of the second month after the month in which
the death, disability, or separation occurs. The accounts and payments
shall be allowed, audited, and settled as provided by law. The Secretary
of the Treasury shall honor checks signed in the name of the former
disbursing official in the same way as if the former disbursing official
had continued in office.
(2) The deputy disbursing official, and not the former disbursing
official or the estate of the former disbursing official, is liable for
the actions of the deputy disbursing official under this subsection.
(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), this section does not
apply to the Coast Guard when section 2773 of title 10 applies to the
Coast Guard by reason of the operation of the Coast Guard as a service
in the Navy.
(2) A designation of a deputy disbursing official under subsection
(a) that is made while the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in
the Navy continues in effect for purposes of section 2773 of title 10
while the Coast Guard operates as a service in the Navy unless and until
the designation is terminated by the disbursing official who made the
designation or an official authorized to approve such a designation
under subsection (a)(3) of such section.
(Added Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title X, Sec. 1009(a)(2)(A), Sept. 23,
1996, 110 Stat. 2634; amended Pub. L. 107-296, title XVII, Sec. 1704(a),
Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2314.)
Codification
Another section 673 was renumbered section 674 of this title.
Amendments
2002--Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 107-296 substituted ``of Homeland
Security'' for ``of Transportation''.
Effective Date of 2002 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 107-296 effective on the date of transfer of
the Coast Guard to the Department of Homeland Security, see section
1704(g) of Pub. L. 107-296, set out as a note under section 101 of Title
10, Armed Forces.
