19 U.S.C. § 2078 Certification of Reason For Advance

• Library: United States Statutes
• Edition: 2023 Edition
• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-19 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/06/2023)

A certificate by the Commissioner of Customs ¹ stating the amount of an expenditure made from funds advanced and certifying that the confidential nature of the transaction involved renders it inadvisable to specify the details thereof or impracticable to furnish the payee's receipt shall be a sufficient voucher for the sum expressed to have been expended.

¹ See Change of Name note below.

Cite as 19 U.S.C. § 2078

Source: Mar. 28, 1928, ch. 266, §3, as added Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 566, §1, 53 Stat. 1263; amended Pub. L. 91-513, title III, §1102(n)(2), Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1293; Pub. L. 114-125, title VIII, §802(d)(2), Feb. 24, 2016, 130 Stat. 210.

Notes from the Office of Law Revision Counsel

current through 8/10/2023

EDITORIAL NOTES

CODIFICATION

Section was formerly classified to section 529d of Title 31 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97-258, §1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877.

AMENDMENTS

1970- Pub. L. 91-513 struck out reference to Commissioner of Narcotics.

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

CHANGE OF NAME

Reference to Commissioner of Customs deemed to be reference to Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection pursuant to section 802(d)(2) of Pub. L. 114-125 set out as a note under section 211 of Title 6, Domestic Security.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1970 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 91-513 effective on first day of seventh calendar month that begins after the day immediately preceding the date of enactment of Pub. L. 91-513 which was approved on Oct. 27, 1970, see section 1105(a) of Pub. L. 91-513 set out as an Effective Date note under section 951 of Title 21, Food and Drugs.