Us Code § 3911 - Availability of appropriations
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§ 3911. Availability of appropriations
(a) Appropriations of the Coast Guard shall be available for the payment of actual necessary traveling expense and subsistence, or commutation of ration allowance in lieu of subsistence, of members of the Auxiliary assigned to authorized duties and for actual necessary expenses of operation of any motorboat, yacht, aircraft, radio station, or motorized vehicle utilized under section 3907(b) when assigned to Coast Guard duty, but shall not be available for the payment of compensation for personal services, incident to such operation, other than to personnel of the Coast Guard or the Reserve. The term "actual necessary expenses of operation," as used in this section, shall include payment for fuel, oil, power, water, supplies, provisions, replacement or repair of equipment, repair of any damaged motorboat, yacht, aircraft, radio station, or motorized vehicle utilized under section 3907(b) and for the constructive or actual loss of any motorboat, yacht, aircraft, radio station, or motorized vehicle utilized under section 3907(b) where it is determined, under applicable regulations, that responsibility for the loss or damage necessitating such replacement or repair of equipment, or for the damage or loss, constructive or actual, of such motorboat, yacht, aircraft, radio station, or motorized vehicle utilized under section 3907(b) rests with the Coast Guard.
(b) The Secretary may pay interest on a claim under this section in any case in which a payment authorized under this section is not made within 60 days after the submission of the claim in a manner prescribed by the Secretary. The rate of interest for purposes of this section shall be the annual rate established under section 6621 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 556, §830; Pub. L. 99–640, §8, Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3548; Pub. L. 104–324, title IV, §404(a), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3924; Pub. L. 109–241, title II, §208(b), July 11, 2006, 120 Stat. 522; Pub. L. 115–232, div. C, title XXXV, §3533(k), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2321; renumbered §3911 and amended Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §§119(b), 123(b)(2), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4236, 4240.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., §267 (Feb. 19, 1941, ch. 8, title I, §8, 55 Stat. 10; June 6, 1942, ch. 385, §1(1), 56 Stat. 329; Sept. 30, 1944, ch. 449, §2, 58 Stat. 757; Sept. 30, 1944, ch. 453, §5, 58 Stat. 760).
Changes were made in phraseology. 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Section 6621 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, referred to in subsec. (b), is classified to section 6621 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code.
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–282, §119(b), renumbered section 830 of this title as this section.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–282, §123(b)(2), substituted "section 3907(b)" for "section 826(b)" wherever appearing.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–232 substituted "1986" for "1954".
2006—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–241 substituted "radio station, or motorized vehicle utilized under section 826(b)" for "or radio station" wherever appearing.
1996—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–324 struck out "specific" after "authorized".
1986—Pub. L. 99–640 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).
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