NASA Procedural Requirements

NPR 9631.1 Effective Date: September 30, 2008 Expiration Date: March 30, 2015

Subject: Disbursements

Responsible Office: Office of the Chief Financial Officer

Preface

P.1 Purpose

This NASA Procedural Requirements (NPR) provides the financial management requirements for disbursements.

P.2 Applicability

This NPR is applicable to NASA Headquarters and NASA Centers, including Component Facilities and Technical and Service Support Centers. This language applies to JPL, other contractors, grant recipients, or parties to agreements only to the extent specified or referenced in the appropriate contracts, grants, or agreements.

P.3 Authority

a. 31 U.S.C. §§ 3321, 3322, 3325, 3328, 3329, 3331, Payment Requirements.

b. 31 U.S.C. §§ 3511, 3512, 3513, Accounting Requirements, Systems and Information.

c. Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, Public Law 104-134, Section 31001, 110 Stat. 1321-358.

d. 5 CFR Part 1315, "Prompt Payment."

e. 31 CFR Part 208, "Management of Federal Agency Disbursements."

f. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), FAR Part 32, "Contract Financing."

g. FAR, Part 32.11, "Electronic Funds Transfer Regulation"

h. FAR, Part 52.232, "Payments."

i. Federal Travel Regulation (FTR), Part 301-71, Agency Travel Accountability Requirements.

j. Office of Budget and Management (OMB) Circular No. A-123, Appendix C, Part I, Improper Payments Information Act Reporting.

k. Treasury Financial Manual, Volume I, Federal Agencies, 2-3200, "Foreign Currency Accounting and Reporting."

l. TFM, Volume I, Federal Agencies, 4- 1100, "Delegations and Designations of Authority for Disbursing Functions."

m. TFM, Volume I, Federal Agencies, 4- 2000, "Payment Issue Disbursing Procedures."

n. TFM, Volume I, Federal Agencies, 4- 3000, "Third Party Draft Procedures for Imprest Fund Disbursing Activities, Depositaries and Financial Agents of the Federal Government."

o. TFM, Volume I, Federal Agencies, 4- 4500, "Government Purchase Cards."

p. TFM, Volume I, Federal Agencies, 4- 6500, "Magnetic Tape Check Issue and Reporting Level 8."

q. TFM, Volume I, 4-9000, "Foreign Exchange"

r. TFM, Volume I, Federal Agencies, 5- 4600, "Treasury Automated Lockbox Network."

s. TFM, Volume I, 5-6000, "Disposition of Foreign Currency and Checks Drawn of Foreign Banks."

t. TFM, Volume I, 6-8000, "Cash Management."

u. NASA Policy Directive (NPD) 9010.2, "Financial Management."

P.4 Applicable Documents

a. NPR 9645.1, Cash Management and Improper Payments.

P.5 Measurement/Verification

Quality assurance reviews and analysis of financial and budgetary reports and data submitted through the continuous monitoring program will be used to measure compliance with this NPR.

P.6 Cancellation

None.

/s/
Terry Bowie
NASA Deputy Chief Financial Officer

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