Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102

§2206 Disbursement of Funds of Military Department to Cover Obligation of Another Agency of Department of Defense

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART IV — SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY › CHAPTER 131 — PLANNING AND COORDINATION › § 2206

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

With the Secretary of Defense’s OK, a military pay officer can use advance funds to pay bills for another DoD department or agency and charge that agency’s budget, recording adjustments when settling accounts.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §2206

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

As far as authorized by the Secretary of Defense, a disbursing official of a military department may, out of available advances, make disbursements to cover obligations in connection with any function, power, or duty of another department or agency of the Department of Defense and charge those disbursements on vouchers, to the appropriate appropriation of that department or agency. Disbursements so made shall be adjusted in settling the accounts of the disbursing official.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 22065:172h.5:171n(a) (as applicable to 5:172h).
July 26, 1947, ch. 343, § 409; added Aug. 10, 1949, ch. 412, § 11 (24th par.), 63 Stat. 590.
July 26, 1947, ch. 343, § 308(a) (as applicable to § 409), 61 Stat. 509. The word “agency” is substituted for the word “organization”. The last sentence is substituted for the proviso in 5 U.S.C. 172h.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1982—Pub. L. 97–258 substituted “official” for “officer” wherever appearing.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

10 U.S.C. § 2206

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102