{"identifier":"/us/usc/t19/s2314","title":19,"num":"\u00a7\u202f2314.","heading":"Liabilities of certifying and disbursing officers","text":"\u00a7\u202f2314.\nLiabilities of certifying and disbursing officers\n(a)\nCertifying officer\nNo person designated by the Secretary, or designated pursuant to an agreement under this subpart, as a certifying officer, shall, in the absence of gross negligence or intent to defraud the United States, be liable with respect to any payment certified by him under this part.\n(b)\nDisbursing officer\nNo disbursing officer shall, in the absence of gross negligence or intent to defraud the United States, be liable with respect to any payment by him under this part if it was based upon a voucher signed by a certifying officer designated as provided in subsection (a).","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t19/s2314.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t19/s2314","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f2314."},{"t":"heading","text":"Liabilities of certifying and disbursing officers"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t19/s2314/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Certifying officer"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"No person designated by the Secretary, or designated pursuant to an agreement under this subpart, as a certifying officer, shall, in the absence of gross negligence or intent to defraud the United States, be liable with respect to any payment certified by him under this part.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t19/s2314/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Disbursing officer"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"No disbursing officer shall, in the absence of gross negligence or intent to defraud the United States, be liable with respect to any payment by him under this part if it was based upon a voucher signed by a certifying officer designated as provided in subsection (a).","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}