Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§2785 Remittance addresses: regulation of alterations
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART IV— - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY › Chapter CHAPTER 165— - ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY › § 2785
Summary
Require the Secretary of Defense to set rules that limit who can change addresses for DoD payments. If an official who approves or requests a payment gives the address, the person who prepares it cannot change it. An address can be changed only if the person getting the payment asks and a different authorized official makes the change.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §2785
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The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), shall prescribe regulations setting forth controls on alteration of remittance addresses. Those regulations shall ensure that—
(1)a remittance address for a disbursement that is provided by an officer or employee of the Department of Defense authorizing or requesting the disbursement is not altered by any officer or employee of the department authorized to prepare the disbursement; and
(2)a remittance address for a disbursement is altered only if the alteration—
(A)is requested by the person to whom the disbursement is authorized to be remitted; and
(B)is made by an officer or employee authorized to do so who is not an officer or employee referred to in paragraph (1).
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Regulations
Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title IX, § 933(b)(2), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 730, provided that: “
Regulations
under section 2785 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall be prescribed not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 5, 1999].”
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 2785
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73