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DFARS 213.305-3 Conditions for use.

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In plain English

This section describes when installation commanders and other commanders with contracting authority may be allowed to set up imprest funds and third party draft (accommodation check) accounts. Such use is only on a very limited basis and must follow the cited DoD financial management and Treasury rules. Imprest funds generally need approval from a specific DoD official, except in the limited cases listed in the text.

Applies to: Installation commanders and commanders of other activities with contracting authority

What it requires

  • Comply with DoD 7000.14-R, Volume 5, Disbursing Policy and Procedures, when using imprest funds and third party drafts
  • Comply with the Treasury Financial Manual, Volume I, Part 4, Chapter 3000, when using imprest funds and third party drafts
  • Obtain approval from the Director for Financial Commerce, Office of the Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) to use imprest funds, except as provided in paragraph (d)(iii)

Key terms: imprest funds · third party draft (accommodation check) accounts · micro-purchase threshold · contingency operation · humanitarian or peacekeeping operation

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

(d)(i) On a very limited basis, installation commanders and commanders of other activities with contracting authority may be granted authority to establish imprest funds and third party draft (accommodation check) accounts. Use of imprest funds and third party drafts must comply with—

(A) DoD 7000.14-R, DoD Financial Management Regulation, Volume 5, Disbursing Policy and Procedures; and

(B) The Treasury Financial Manual, Volume I, Part 4, Chapter 3000.

(ii) Use of imprest funds requires approval by the Director for Financial Commerce, Office of the Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), except as provided in paragraph (d)(iii) of this subsection.

(iii) Imprest funds are authorized for use without further approval for—

(A) Overseas transactions at or below the micro-purchase threshold in support of a contingency operation as defined in 10 U.S.C. 101(a)(13) or a humanitarian or peacekeeping operation as defined in 10 U.S.C. 3015(2); and

(B) Classified transactions.

Sections that refer to it

← 213.305 Imprest funds and third party drafts. · 213.306 SF 44, Purchase Order-Invoice-Voucher. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 213

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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