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‘‘(D) Fisher House Trust Fund, Department of
the Navy.’’.
SEC. 1009. DESIGNATION AND LIABILITY OF DISBURSING
AND CERTIFYING OFFICIALS FOR THE COAST
GUARD.
(a) DISBURSING OFFICIALS.—(1) Section 3321(c) of
title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘(3) The Department of Transportation (with re-
spect to public money available for expenditure by the
Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in
the Navy).’’.
(2)(A) Chapter 17 of title 14, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘§ 673. Designation, powers, and accountability of
deputy disbursing officials
‘‘(a)(1) Subject to paragraph (3), a disbursing official
of the Coast Guard may designate a deputy disbursing offi-
cial—
‘‘(A) to make payments as the agent of the dis-
bursing official;
‘‘(B) to sign checks drawn on disbursing ac-
counts of the Secretary of the Treasury; and
‘‘(C) to carry out other duties required under
law.
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‘‘(2) The penalties for misconduct that apply to a dis-
bursing official apply to a deputy disbursing official des-
ignated under this subsection.
‘‘(3) A disbursing official may make a designation
under paragraph (1) only with the approval of the Sec-
retary of Transportation (when the Coast Guard is not op-
erating as a service in the Navy).
‘‘(b)(1) If a disbursing official of the Coast Guard dies,
becomes disabled, or is separated from office, a deputy dis-
bursing official may continue the accounts and payments
in the name of the former disbursing official until the last
day of the second month after the month in which the death,
disability, or separation occurs. The accounts and pay-
ments shall be allowed, audited, and settled as provided by
law. The Secretary of the Treasury shall honor checks signed
in the name of the former disbursing official in the same
way as if the former disbursing official had continued in
office.
‘‘(2) The deputy disbursing official, and not the former
disbursing official or the estate of the former disbursing offi-
cial, is liable for the actions of the deputy disbursing official
under this subsection.
‘‘(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), this sec-
tion does not apply to the Coast Guard when section 2773
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of title 10 applies to the Coast Guard by reason of the oper-
ation of the Coast Guard as a service in the Navy.
‘‘(2) A designation of a deputy disbursing official
under subsection (a) that is made while the Coast Guard
is not operating as a service in the Navy continues in effect
for purposes of section 2773 of title 10 while the Coast
Guard operates as a service in the Navy unless and until
the designation is terminated by the disbursing official who
made the designation or an official authorized to approve
such a designation under subsection (a)(3) of such section.’’.
(B) The table of sections at the beginning of such chap-
ter is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘673. Designation, powers, and accountability of deputy disbursing officials.’’.
(b) DESIGNATION
OF MEMBERS
OF
THE ARMED
FORCES TO HAVE AUTHORITY TO CERTIFY VOUCHERS.—
Section 3325(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended
by striking out ‘‘members of the armed forces under the ju-
risdiction of the Secretary of Defense may certify vouchers
when authorized, in writing, by the Secretary to do so’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘members of the armed forces may
certify vouchers when authorized, in writing, by the Sec-
retary of Defense or, in the case of the Coast Guard when
it is not operating as a service in the Navy, by the Secretary
of Transportation’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 1007(a)
of title 37, United States Code, is amended by inserting
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after ‘‘Secretary of Defense’’ the following: ‘‘(or the Sec-
retary of Transportation, in the case of an officer of the
Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is not operating as a
service in the Navy)’’.
(2) Section 3527(b)(1) of title 31, United States Code,
is amended—
(A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by inserting after
‘‘Department of Defense’’ the following: ‘‘(or the Sec-
retary of Transportation, in the case of a disbursing
official of the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is
not operating as a service in the Navy)’’; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting after ‘‘or
the Secretary of the appropriate military depart-
ment’’ the following: ‘‘(or the Secretary of Transpor-
tation, in the case of a disbursing official of the Coast
Guard when the Coast Guard is not operating as a
service in the Navy)’’.
SEC. 1010. AUTHORITY TO SUSPEND OR TERMINATE COL-
LECTION ACTIONS AGAINST DECEASED MEM-
BERS OF THE COAST GUARD.
Section 3711(g) of title 31, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking out ‘‘or Marine
Corps’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Marine Corps,
or Coast Guard’’;
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(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (3); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the follow-
ing new paragraph (2):
‘‘(2) The Secretary of Transportation may suspend or
terminate an action by the Secretary under subsection (a)
to collect a claim against the estate of a person who died
while serving on active duty as a member of the Coast
Guard if the Secretary determines that, under the cir-
cumstances applicable with respect to the deceased person,
it is appropriate to do so.’’.
SEC. 
1011. CHECK 
CASHING 
AND 
EXCHANGE 
TRANS-
ACTIONS WITH CREDIT UNIONS OUTSIDE THE
UNITED STATES.
Section 3342(b) of title 31, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (5);
(2) by striking out the period at the end of para-
graph (6) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(7) a Federal credit union (as defined in sec-
tion 101(1) of the Federal Credit Union Act (12
U.S.C. 1752(1)) that is operating at Department of
Defense invitation in a foreign country where con-
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tractor-operated military banking facilities are not
available.’’.
Subtitle B—Naval Vessels and
Shipyards
SEC. 1021. AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER NAVAL VESSELS.
(a) EGYPT.—The Secretary of the Navy may transfer
to the Government of Egypt the ‘‘OLIVER HAZARD
PERRY’’ frigate GALLERY. Such transfer shall be on a
sales basis under section 21 of the Arms Export Control
Act (22 U.S.C. 2761; relating to the foreign military sales
program).
(b) MEXICO.—The Secretary of the Navy may transfer
to the Government of Mexico the ‘‘KNOX’’ class frigates
STEIN (FF 1065) and MARVIN SHIELDS (FF 1066).
Such transfers shall be on a sales basis under section 21
of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761).
(c) NEW ZEALAND.—The Secretary of the Navy may
transfer to the Government of New Zealand the ‘‘STAL-
WART’’ class ocean surveillance ship TENACIOUS. Such
transfer shall be on a sales basis under section 21 of the
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761).
(d) PORTUGAL.—The Secretary of the Navy may
transfer to the Government of Portugal the ‘‘STALWART’’
class ocean surveillance ship AUDACIOUS. Such transfer
shall be on a grant basis under section 516 of the Foreign