The much misunderstood Miscellaneous Receipts Act (Part 2)

Image courtesy of the U.S. governmentWe explained in the prior post that the MRA is a seemingly absolute bar to using settlement money to fund community programs (or anything else, for that matter). After all, the statute is unequivocal: any government official “receiving money for the Government from any source shall deposit that money with the Treasury.”  31 U.S.  § 3302(b).

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