---
kind: "unit"
title: "31"
title_heading: "Money and Finance"
key: "stIII/ch33/schII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter II"
heading: "Payments"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/31/stIII-ch33-schII"
sections_count: 16
---

# Subchapter II — Payments

Title 31 — Money and Finance › Subtitle III — Financial Management › Chapter 33 — Depositing, Keeping, and Paying Money

## Sections

- [§3321. Disbursing authority in the executive branch](/usc/31/3321.md)
- [§3322. Disbursing officials](/usc/31/3322.md)
- [§3323. Warrants](/usc/31/3323.md)
- [§3324. Advances](/usc/31/3324.md)
- [§3325. Vouchers](/usc/31/3325.md)
- [§3326. Waiver of requirements for warrants and advances](/usc/31/3326.md)
- [§3327. General authority to issue checks and other drafts](/usc/31/3327.md)
- [§3328. Paying checks and drafts](/usc/31/3328.md)
- [§3329. Withholding checks to be sent to foreign countries](/usc/31/3329.md)
- [§3330. Payment of Department of Veterans Affairs checks for the benefit of individuals in foreign countries](/usc/31/3330.md)
- [§3331. Substitute checks](/usc/31/3331.md)
- [§3332. Required direct deposit](/usc/31/3332.md)
- [§3333. Relief for payments made without negligence](/usc/31/3333.md)
- [§3334. Cancellation and proceeds distribution of Treasury checks](/usc/31/3334.md)
- [§3335. Timely disbursement of Federal funds](/usc/31/3335.md)
- [§3336. Electronic benefit transfer pilot](/usc/31/3336.md)