[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 31, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 31CFR208.4]

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                  TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE: TREASURY
 
         CHAPTER II--FISCAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 208--MANAGEMENT OF FEDERAL AGENCY DISBURSEMENTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 208.4  Waivers.

    Payment by electronic funds transfer is not required in the 
following cases:
    (a) Where an individual determines, in his or her sole discretion, 
that payment by electronic funds transfer would impose a hardship due to 
a physical or mental disability or a geographic, language, or literacy 
barrier, or would impose a financial hardship. In addition, the 
requirement to receive payment by electronic funds transfer is 
automatically waived for all individuals who do not have an account with 
a financial institution and who are eligible to open an ETA\SM\ under 
Sec. 208.5, until such date as the Secretary determines that the ETA\SM\ 
is available;
    (b) Where the political, financial, or communications infrastructure 
in a foreign country does not support payment by electronic funds 
transfer;
    (c) Where the payment is to a recipient within an area designated by 
the President or an authorized agency administrator as a disaster area. 
This waiver is limited to payments made within 120 days after the 
disaster is declared;
    (d) Where either:
    (1) A military operation is designated by the Secretary of Defense 
in which uniformed services undertake military actions against an enemy, 
or
    (2) A call or order to, or retention on, active duty of members of 
the uniformed services is made during a war or national emergency 
declared by the President or Congress;
    (e) Where a threat may be posed to national security, the life or 
physical safety of any individual may be endangered, or a law 
enforcement action may be compromised;
    (f) Where the agency does not expect to make more than one payment 
to the same recipient within a one-year period, i.e., the payment is 
non-recurring, and the cost of making the payment via electronic funds 
transfer exceeds

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the cost of making the payment by check; and
    (g) Where an agency's need for goods and services is of such unusual 
and compelling urgency that the Government would be seriously injured 
unless payment is made by a method other than electronic funds transfer; 
or, where there is only one source for goods or services and the 
Government would be seriously injured unless payment is made by a method 
other than electronic funds transfer.