14 U.S.C. § 673 : US Code - Section 673: Designation, powers, and accountability of deputy disbursing officials

Search 14 U.S.C. § 673 : US Code - Section 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.