Management of Federal Agency Disbursements

What it does

Executive Order (E.O.) 14247, Modernizing Payments To and From America's Bank Account, directs the Secretary of the Treasury to cease issuing paper checks for all Federal disbursements to the extent permitted by law and to review and, as appropriate, revise procedures for granting limited exceptions where electronic payment methods are not feasible. In accordance with the E.O., the Department of the Treasury (Treasury), Bureau of the Fiscal Service ("Fiscal Service" or "we"), is proposing to amend its regulation that sets forth the limited circumstances under which paper check disbursements may be made by federal agencies.

The Fiscal Service's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What it would change

1 part of Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

31 CFR 208

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 1530-AA33 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

Comments must be received on or before June 15, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Title 31 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register