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(c) Whenever, under the procedures set out in paragraph 

 (b) of thir section, payments are made by an agency on the same 

 regularly recurring dates to five or more employees who designate 

 the same financial organization, the head of the agency shall authorize 

 the appropriate disbursing officer to draw the check for the total 

 amount in favor of that organization for credit to the accounts of the 

 several employees, and the disbursing officer shall draw the check in 

 that manner if the financial organization has agreed to such an arrange- 

 ment. 

 §209.5 Recurring payments for benef iciarie i. 



(a) The head of an agency may authorize the appropriate 

 disbursing officer to make a recurring payment to a beneficiary by 

 sending to the financial organization designated by that beneficiary 

 a check that is drawn in favor of that organization and is for credit 

 to the account of that beneficiary, in lieu of payment by check drawn 

 to his order. 



(b) The procedure set out in paragraph (a) of this section 

 may be adoptei only: 



(1) If the beneficiary to whom the recurring payment 

 is to be made provides the agency with a written request (on a form 

 promulgated by the Treasury or such agency-adapted form as may be 

 approved by the Treasury for the purpose) which designates the financial 

 organization; 



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