---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 296.40"
title: "46"
number: "296.40"
heading: "Billing procedures."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/296.40"
---

# §296.40. Billing procedures.


Submission of voucher. For contractors operating under more than one MSP Operating Agreement, the contractor may submit a single monthly voucher applicable to all its MSP Operating Agreements. Each voucher submission shall include a certification that the vessel(s) for which payment is requested were operated in accordance with [§ 296.31(d)](/cfr/46/296.31.md?p=d) and applicable MSP Operating Agreements with MARAD, and consideration shall be given to reductions in amounts payable as set forth in § [296.41(b)](/cfr/46/296.41.md?p=b) and [(c)](/cfr/46/296.41.md?p=c). All submissions shall be forwarded to the Director, Office of Accounting, MAR-330, Maritime Administration, 2nd Floor, West Building, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20590. Payments shall be paid and processed under the terms and conditions of the Prompt Payment Act, [31 U.S.C. 3901](/usc/31/3901.md).


## Notes

### Amendments

[82 FR 56898, Dec. 1, 2017]

### Authority

Authority: Pub. L. 108-136, Pub. L. 109-163, Pub. L. 112-239; 49 U.S.C. 322(a), 46 U.S.C. chapter 531, 49 CFR 1.93.

### Source

Source: 70 FR 55588, Sept. 22, 2005, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[82 FR 56898, Dec. 1, 2017]