[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[H.R. 3099 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3099

 To amend title 31, United States Code, to require that recipients of 
Federal payments have the option to receive such payments by electronic 
                      funds transfer or by check.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 27, 1998

 Mr. McNulty (for himself, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Ford, Mr. 
    Paul, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Frost, Mrs. Myrick, and Mr. 
  Baldacci) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Government Reform and Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 31, United States Code, to require that recipients of 
Federal payments have the option to receive such payments by electronic 
                      funds transfer or by check.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. OPTION TO RECEIVE FEDERAL PAYMENTS BY ELECTRONIC FUNDS 
              TRANSFER OR BY CHECK.

    Section 3332(f) of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``paragraph (2)'' and 
        inserting ``paragraphs (2) and (3)'';
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new 
        paragraph:
    ``(2) The head of a Federal agency shall, with respect to Federal 
payments made or authorized by the agency, waive the application of 
paragraph (1) to a recipient of those payments upon receipt of a 
written statement from the recipient that the recipient does not wish 
to receive such payments by electronic funds transfer.''.
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