§ 282.31 - 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 198__

ODS Payable for the Month of___________

	Current voucher	Previous voucher	Total
Total Accrued ODS (Sched. B)	$	$	$
Less ODS Reductions:
DTR/Deviations (Sched. C)	$
Reduced Crew (Sched. D)	$
Net ODS Accrued	$	$	$
Less Previous Payments			$
ODS Payable			$

Schedule B

____________________

(Company)

ODS Accrued for the Month of___________

Trade Area ______________________

Vessel name	Voy. No.	Voyage dates		Voy. days1	Per diem rates1	Net subsidy
		From	To
					$	$
ODS payable for unpredictably timed expenses not included in daily amount (attach supporting information)						$
Total accrued subsidy (enter on Schedule A)						$

¹Place* next to applicable “Voy. days” or “Per diem rate” of vessel and voyage requiring reduction of ODS because of domestic trade operations or voyage deviations.

Schedule C

____________________

(Company)

Domestic Trade and Voyage Deviation ODS Reductions

              Domestic Trade Reduction (DTR):

Vessel name	Voy. no.	Gross voyage revenue	Domestic revenue	% of dom. to gross revenue	Per diem rate	Per diem reduction	DTR days	ODS reduction
		$	$	........%	$	$		$

Deviation Reduction:

Vessel name	Voy. no.	Deviation days or % of day	Per diem rate	ODS reduction
			$	$

(Enter total Reductions on Schedule A).

Schedule D

____________________

(Company)

Reduced Crew Period

Vessel	Reduced crew dates		No. of reduced crew days (a)	No. of crew reduced	Man-days	Man-day amount	Reduced crew reduction
	From	To
			×	=	×	$=	$
			×	=	×	$=	$
			×	=	×	$=	$
			×	=	×	$=	$
Total Reduced Crew Reduction (Enter on Schedule A)

(a) If licensed crew, indicate (a), (b) If unlicensed crew, include (b).

(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 liner vessels, PART 282, 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 thereof, 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____________________

(3) The subsidized operator shall furnish its own supply of supporting schedules and affidavit.