§ 240.2 Definitions.
(a) Administrative offset or offset, for purposes of this section, has the same meaning as defined in 31 U.S.C. 3701(a)(1) and 31 CFR part 285.
(b) Agency means any agency, department, instrumentality, office, commission, board, service, or other establishment of the United States authorized to issue Treasury checks or for which checks drawn on the United States Treasury are issued.
(c) Certifying agency means an agency authorizing the issuance of a payment by a disbursing official in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3325.
(d) Check or checks means an original check or checks; an electronic check or checks; or a substitute check or checks.
(e) Check payment means the amount paid to a presenting bank by a Federal Reserve Bank.
(f) Counterfeit check means a document that purports to be an authentic check drawn on the United States Treasury, but in fact is not an authentic check.
(g) Days means calendar days. For purposes of computation, the last day of the period will be included unless it is a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal holiday; the first day is not included. For example, if a reclamation was issued on July 1, the 90 day protest period under § 240.9(b) would begin on July 2. If the 90th day fell on a Saturday, Sunday or Federal holiday, the protest would be accepted if received on the next business day.
(h) Declination means the process by which Treasury refuses to make final payment on a check, i.e., declines payment, by instructing a Federal Reserve Bank to reverse its provisional credit to a presenting bank.
(i) Declination date means the date on which the declination is issued by Treasury.
(j) Disbursing official means an official, including an official of the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Defense, any Government corporation (as defined in 31 U.S.C. 9101), or any official of the United States designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, authorized to disburse public money pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3321 or another law.
(k) Drawer's signature means the signature of a disbursing official placed on the front of a Treasury check as the drawer of the check.