31 U.S.C. § 5141 (MONEY AND FINANCE)
§ 5141. Operation of the Bureau
(a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall prepare and submit to the President an annual business-type budget for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
(b)
(1) The Secretary shall maintain in the Bureau an integrated accounting system with internal controls that—
(A) ensures adequate control over assets and liabilities of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Fund described in section 5142 of this title;
(B) develops accurate production costs to enable the Bureau to recover those costs on the basis of the work requisitioned;
(C) provides for replacement of capitalized equipment and other fixed assets by maintaining adequate depreciation reserves based on original cost or appraised values;
(D) discloses the financial condition and operations of the Fund on an accrual basis of accounting; and
(E) provides information for the prior fiscal year on the annual budget of the Bureau.
(2) The accounting system shall conform to principles and standards prescribed by the Comptroller General to carry out this subsection. The Comptroller General may review the system to ensure conformity to the principles and standards and its effectiveness of operation.
(c) An officer or employee in the clerical-mech­anical service of the Bureau assigned to an established shift or tour of duty at least half of which occurs between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. is entitled to pay for the regular 40-hour week (except when on leave) at a rate of pay 15 percent higher than the day rate for the same work.
(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 990.)
text: Historical and Revision Notes
Revised Section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
5141(a)
31:181b.
Aug. 4, 1950, ch. 558, §§ 4, 5, 64 Stat. 409.
5141(b)
31:181c.
5141(c)
31:180.
July 1, 1944, ch. 357, 58 Stat. 648.
In subsection (a), the word “budget” is substituted for “budget program” to eliminate unnecessary words. The words “to the President” are added because of chapter 11 of the revised title.
In subsection (b)(1), before clause (A), the words “Secretary shall maintain” are substituted for “There shall be installed and maintained” because of sections 301 and 303 of the revised title and to eliminate executed words. The words “internal controls” are substituted for “including proper features of internal control” to eliminate unnecessary words. In clause (B), the word “costs” is substituted for “direct and indirect costs” to eliminate unnecessary words. In clause (D), the word “basis” is substituted for “method” for clarity. In clause (E), the words “provides information” are substituted for “supply on the basis of accounting results the data” to eliminate unnecessary words. The word “prior” is substituted for “last completed” for consistency in the revised title.
In subsection (c), the words “An officer or employee” are substituted for “employees” for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code. The words “assigned to an established shift or tour of duty at least half of which occurs between the hours of 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.” are substituted for “assigned to perform their work at night” and 31:180(proviso) to eliminate unnecessary words.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Authority of Special Police Officers
text: Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(f) [title V, § 517], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–314, 3009–346, provided that:
“Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and thereafter:
“(1) The authority of the special police officers of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area, extends to buildings and land under the custody and control of the Bureau; to buildings and land acquired by or for the Bureau through lease, unless otherwise provided by the acquisition agency; to the streets, sidewalks and open areas immediately adjacent to the Bureau along Wallenberg Place (15th Street) and 14th Street between Independence and Maine Avenues and C and D Streets between 12th and 14th Streets; to areas which include surrounding parking facilities used by Bureau employees, including the lots at 12th and C Streets, SW, Maine Avenue and Water Streets, SW, Maiden Lane, the Tidal Basin and East Potomac Park; to the protection in transit of United States securities, plates and dies used in the production of United States securities, or other products or implements of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing which the Director of that agency so designates.
“(2) The authority of the special police officers of the United States Mint extends to the buildings and land under the custody and control of the Mint; to the streets, sidewalks and open areas in the vicinity to such facilities; to surrounding parking facilities used by Mint employees; and to the protection in transit of bullion, coins, dies, and other property and assets of, or in the custody of, the Mint.
“(3) The exercise of police authority by Bureau or Mint officers, with the exception of the exercise of authority upon property under the custody and control of the Bureau or the Mint, respectively, shall be deemed supplementary to the Federal police force with primary jurisdictional responsibility. This authority shall be in addition to any other law enforcement authority which has been provided to these officers under other provisions of law or regulations.”
Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:
Pub. L. 104–52, title V, § 520, Nov. 19, 1995, 109 Stat. 494.
Pub. L. 103–329, title V, § 535, Sept. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 2414.