40 USC § 17307 - Purchase of insurance

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title: "40 USC § 17307 - Purchase of insurance"
title_number: 40
title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
section_number: "17307"
section_name: "Purchase of insurance"
chapter_number: 173
chapter_name: "GOVERNMENT LOSSES IN SHIPMENT"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1282.)"
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# § 17307. Purchase of insurance

An executive department, independent establishment, agency, wholly owned Government corporation, officer, or employee may expend money, or incur an obligation, for insurance, or for the payment of premiums on insurance, against loss, destruction, or damage in the shipment of valuables only as specifically authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury. The Secretary may give the authorization if the Secretary finds that the risk of loss, destruction, or damage in the shipment cannot be guarded against adequately by the facilities of the Federal Government or that adequate replacement cannot be provided under this chapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1282.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 17307 | 40:726. | July 8, 1937, ch. 444, § 4, 50 Stat. 480. |

The words “On and after the effective date of the regulations prescribed under ” are omitted as obsolete. The words “the circumstances are such that” are omitted as unnecessary.