2015 US Code
Title 31 - Money and Finance (Sections 101 - 9705)
Subtitle III - Financial Management (Sections 3101 - 3907)
Chapter 39 - Prompt Payment (Sections 3901 - 3907)
Sec. 3904 - Limitations on discount payments
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 31 - MONEY AND FINANCE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 31 - MONEY AND FINANCE SUBTITLE III - FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CHAPTER 39 - PROMPT PAYMENT Sec. 3904 - Limitations on discount payments |
Contains | section 3904 |
Date | 2015 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 97-452, §1(18)(A), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2476; amended Pub. L. 100-496, §8, Oct. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 2460. |
Statutes at Large References | 96 Stat. 2476, 86 102 Stat. 2460 |
Public and Private Laws | Public Law 97-177, Public Law 97-452, Public Law 100-496 |
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The head of an agency offered a discount by a business concern from an amount due under a contract for property or service in exchange for payment within a specified time may pay the discounted amount only if payment is made within the specified time. For the purpose of the preceding sentence, the specified time shall be determined from the date of the invoice. The head of the agency shall pay an interest penalty on an amount remaining unpaid in violation of this section. The penalty accrues as provided under sections 3902 and 3903 of this title, except that the required payment date for the unpaid amount is the last day specified in the contract that the discounted amount may be paid.
(Added Pub. L. 97–452, §1(18)(A), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2476; amended Pub. L. 100–496, §8, Oct. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 2460.)
Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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3904 | 31 App.:1802. | May 21, 1982, Pub. L. 97–177, §3, 96 Stat. 86. |
The word "otherwise" is omitted as surplus. The words "may pay the discounted amount" are substituted for "may make payment in an amount equal to the discounted price" to eliminate unnecessary words. The words "on such unpaid amount" and "the regulations prescribed pursuant to" are omitted as surplus. The words "specified in the contract that the discounted amount may be paid" are substituted for "of the specified period of time described in subsection (a)" for clarity.
AMENDMENTS1988—Pub. L. 100–496 inserted after first sentence "For the purpose of the preceding sentence, the specified time shall be determined from the date of the invoice."
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1988 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 100–496 applicable to payments under contracts awarded, contracts renewed, and contract options exercised during or after the first fiscal quarter which begins more than 90 days after Oct. 17, 1988, see section 14(a) of Pub. L. 100–496, set out as a note under section 3902 of this title.
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