Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§9592 Radiograms and telegrams: forwarding charges due connecting commercial facilities
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle D— - Air Force and Space Force › Part PART IV— - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT › Chapter CHAPTER 967— - UTILITIES AND SERVICES › § 9592
Summary
Air Force members can collect forwarding fees owed to commercial telegraph or radio companies for sending radiograms or telegrams if the Secretary of the Air Force allows it. Under rules the Secretary sets, they may give a bill (voucher) to the Air Force pay official to have that forwarding fee paid.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §9592
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In the operation of telegraph lines, cables, or radio stations, members of the Air Force may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Air Force, collect forwarding charges due connecting commercial telegraph or radio companies for sending radiograms or telegrams over their lines. Under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, they may present a voucher to a disbursing official for payment of the forwarding charge.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 959210:1319.May 12, 1917, ch. 12 (proviso under “Washington-Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System”), 40 Stat. 43. The words “members of the Air Force” are substituted for the words “Signal Corps”, since the Air Force does not have organic corps created by statute. The words “Government”, “and to this end”, “as may be”, and “amount of such” are omitted as surplusage.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1996—Pub. L. 104–316 substituted “of the forwarding” for “, or may file a claim with the General Accounting Office for the forwarding” in second sentence. 1982—Pub. L. 97–258 substituted “official” for “officer”.
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 9592
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73