Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73

§9841 Payment of small amounts to public creditors

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle D— - Air Force and Space Force › Part PART IV— - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT › Chapter CHAPTER 983— - ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY › § 9841

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

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Title 10, §9841

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When authorized by the Secretary of the Air Force, a disbursing official of Air Force or Space Force 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) 984131:493.Mar. 2, 1907, ch. 2511 (proviso on p. 1166), 34 Stat. 1166. The words “Secretary of the Air Force” are substituted for “Secretary of War” because of section 205(a) and 207(a) and (f) of the Act of

July 26, 1947 (ch. 343, 61 Stat. 501, 502), and section 1 and 53 of the Act of

August 10, 1956 (ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 157, 488, 676). For comparable provisions that apply to the Army, see the revision note for 10:4841.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 116–283 inserted “or Space Force” after “official of Air Force”.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 9841

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73