31 U.S.C. § 3329: Withholding checks to be sent to foreign countries

will receive the check or warrant; and will be able to negotiate it for full value. If a check or warrant is prohibited from being sent to a foreign country under subsection (a) of this section, the drawer shall hold the check or warrant until the end of the calendar quarter after the date of the check or warrant. will receive the check or warrant; and will be able to negotiate it for full value. withheld check or warrant to the drawee; and the name and address of the payee; the date, number, and amount of the check or warrant; and the account on which the check or warrant was drawn. The drawee shall transfer the amount of a withheld check or warrant from the account of the drawer to the special deposit account “Secretary of the Treasury, Proceeds of Withheld Foreign Checks”. The check or warrant shall be marked “Paid into Withheld Foreign Check Account”. The Secretary shall credit the accounts of the drawer and drawee. a person claiming payment satisfies the Secretary of the right to the amount of the check or warrant (or satisfies the Secretary of Veterans Affairs if the claim represents a payment under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs); and will receive the check or warrant; and will be able to negotiate it for full value. apply to a check or warrant whose delivery may be withheld under Executive Order 8389; do not affect a requirement for a license for delivering and paying a check in payment of a claim under subsection (c) of this section when a license is required by law to authorize delivery and payment; and do not affect a check or warrant issued for the payment of pay or goods bought by the United States Government in a foreign country.