Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§7842 Settlement of accounts of line officers
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle B— - Army › Part PART IV— - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT › Chapter CHAPTER 783— - ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY › § 7842
Summary
The Comptroller General must pay an Army line officer even if reports or property records are missing if the officer was held prisoner or affected by a war accident or casualty.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §7842
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The Comptroller General shall settle the account of a line officer of the Army for pay due the officer even if the officer cannot account for property entrusted to the officer or cannot make a monthly report or return, when the Comptroller General is satisfied that the inability to account for property or make a report or return was the result of the officer having been a prisoner, or of an accident or casualty of war.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 484231:44 (1st sentence).June 10, 1921, ch. 18, § 304 (1st par. 1st sentence), 42 Stat. 24. 31:95.R.S. § 278. The words “Comptroller General” are substituted for “General Accounting Office” for consistency. The words “audit and” are omitted as surplus. The words “for their services as such” and “by the affidavit of the officer or otherwise” are omitted as surplus. The words “to account for property or make a report or return” are added for clarity. The words “in the hands of the enemy” are omitted as surplus.
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
Prior sections 7851 to 7854, 7861 to 7863, 7881, and 7901 to 7903 were renumbered sections 8901 to 8904, 8911 to 8913, 8921, and 8931 to 8933 of this title, respectively. A prior section 7911, Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title III, § 377(a), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 84, related to issuance of arms, tentage, and equipment for educational institutions not maintaining units of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title V, § 552(b), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1741. Prior section 7912, 7913, and 7921 were renumbered section 8942, 8943, and 8951 of this title, respectively.
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4842 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.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
10 U.S.C. § 7842
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73