Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§9841 Payment of Small Amounts to Public Creditors
Title 10 › Subtitle D — Air Force and Space Force › PART IV — SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT › CHAPTER 983 — ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY › § 9841
Summary
Secretary may let Air/Space pay officers keep small subsistence funds at risk to pay public creditors.
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Title 10, §9841
Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
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
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
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102