---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 142d"
title: "2"
title_heading: "The Congress"
number: "142d"
heading: "Disbursing officer of the Library of Congress; disbursements in accordance with voucher; examination of vouchers; liability"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/2/142d"
units:
  - "Chapter 5 — Library of Congress"
---

# §142d. Disbursing officer of the Library of Congress; disbursements in accordance with voucher; examination of vouchers; liability


The disbursing officer of the Library of Congress shall (1) disburse moneys of the Library of Congress only upon, and in strict accordance with, vouchers duly certified by the [Librarian](/usc/2/179u.md?p=1) of Congress or by an officer or [employee](/usc/2/4558.md?p=2) of the Library of Congress duly authorized in writing by the [Librarian](/usc/2/179u.md?p=1) to certify such vouchers; (2) make such examination of vouchers as may be necessary to ascertain whether they are in proper form, and duly certified and approved; and (3) be held accountable accordingly: Provided, That the disbursing officer shall not be held accountable or responsible for any illegal, improper, or incorrect payment resulting from any false, inaccurate, or misleading certificate, the responsibility for which, under [section 142b of this title](/usc/2/142b.md), is imposed upon a certifying officer or [employee](/usc/2/4558.md?p=2) of the Library of Congress.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 85–53, § 3, June 13, 1957, 71 Stat. 81.)