Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§2782 Damage to Real Property: Disposition of Amounts Recovered
Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART IV — SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY › CHAPTER 165 — ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY › § 2782
Summary
Unless section 2775 says otherwise, money recovered for damage to Defense real property must go into the property's repair/replacement fund and, when Congress provides amounts in appropriation Acts, be used like other funds.
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Title 10, §2782
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Except as provided in section 2775 of this title, amounts recovered for damage caused to real property under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of a military department or, with respect to the Defense Agencies, under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Defense shall be credited to the account available for the repair or replacement of the real property at the time of recovery. In such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts, amounts so credited shall be available for use for the same purposes and under the same circumstances as other funds in the account.
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Prior Provisions
A prior section 2782, added Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title XVI, § 1603(a)(1), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1597, related to limits on restoration of unobligated balances withdrawn from availability for obligation, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XIV, § 1405(c)(1), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1680.
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10 U.S.C. § 2782
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102