Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§7841 Payment of small amounts to public creditors
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle B— - Army › Part PART IV— - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT › Chapter CHAPTER 783— - ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY › § 7841
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Title 10, §7841
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When authorized by the Secretary of the Army, a disbursing official of Army subsistence funds may keep a limited amount of those funds in the personal possession and at the risk of the disbursing official to pay small amounts to public creditors.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 484131:493.Mar. 2, 1907, ch. 251 (proviso on p. 1166), 34 Stat. 1166. The title of Secretary of War was changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of the Act of
August 10, 1956 (ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 157, 676). The word “When” is substituted for “as shall from time to time be” to eliminate unnecessary words. The words “disbursing official” are substituted for “Officers intrusted with the disbursement” for consistency.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4841 of this title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of
Amendments
and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.
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10 U.S.C. § 7841
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73