252.41—Subsidy billing procedures.
(a) Subsidy voucher—
(1) Form.
Requests for payment of ODS shall be submitted on a public voucher, Standard Forms 1034 and 1034A, which can be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC. 20402.
(2) Copies.
The operator shall submit the original and 3 copies of the voucher to the MARAD Region Director for payment. The original and 2 copies must be supported by schedules and an affidavit. The third copy is the payee's copy and need not be supported.
(b) Schedules and affidavit.
(1)
The following schedules shall be used for calculating the amount of ODS payable:
Schedule A
(Company)
ODSA No.
ODS Accrued During Fiscal Year 19__
ODS Payable for the Month of ___________
Schedule B
(Company)
ODS Accrued for the Month of ___
Schedule C
(Company)
(2)
A notarized affidavit as shown below shall be signed by an official of the subsidized operator who is familiar with the ODSA, these regulations, the operation of the subsidized vessel, and the accounts, books, records, and disbursements of the subsidized operator relating to such operation:
Affidavit
State of
City of
County/Parish of
I, ___, being duly sworn, depose and say that I am ___ (title) of the ___ (herein referred to as the “Operator”), and as such am familiar with (a) provisions of the Operating-Differential Subsidy Agreement, Contract No. ___, dated as of ___, as amended, to which the Operator is a party; and (b) the regulations governing the payment of operating-differential subsidy for bulk cargo vessels, PART 252, Title 46, CFR: and (c) the operation of the vessels covered by said Agreement and regulations; and (d) the accounts, books, records, and disbursements of the Operator relating to such operation.
Referring to the public voucher dated ___, covering voyage days allowed for subsidy during the periods commencing ___, and ending ___, and attached, submitted by said Operator concurrent herewith for a payment on account in the sum of ___, under said Agreement, I further depose and say that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the Operator has fully complied with the terms and conditions of said Agreement and regulations, applicable orders, rulings and provisions of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, and is entitled, under the provisions of said Agreement and regulations, orders and rulings applicable thereto, to the amount of the payment on account requested; and further depose and say that the vessels named in the attached schedules were in authorized service for the vessel operating days on which the payment is requested and has not included in the calculation of the amount of subsidy claimed in the attached voucher any costs of a character that the Maritime Administration, or Secretary of Transportation acting by and through the Maritime Subsidy Board or any predecessor or successor, had advised the Operator to be ineligible to be so included, or any costs collectible from insurance, or from any other source.
Payment by the Maritime Administration of all or part of the amount claimed herein shall not be construed as approval of the correctness of the amount stated to have been due, nor a waiver of any right of remedy the Maritime Administration, or Secretary of Transportation, acting by and through the Maritime Subsidy Board, or any predecessor or successor, may have under the terms of said Agreement, or otherwise.
I further depose and say that this affidavit is made for and on behalf and at the direction of the Operator for the purpose of inducing the Maritime Administration to make a payment pursuant to the provisions of the aforesaid Operating-Differential Subsidy Agreement, as amended.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Notary Public, in and for the aforesaid County and State, this ___ day of ___,
My commission expires
Notary Public