Title 37 — Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed ServicesRelease 119-73not60

§462 Travel and Transportation Allowances Paid to Members That Are Unauthorized or in Excess of Authorized Amounts: Requirement for Repayment

Title 37 › Chapter 8— TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES › Subchapter II— ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › § 462

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

People in the uniformed services or others who got travel and transportation payments under subchapter I must repay any amount later found to be unauthorized or more than allowed. Rules under section 464 explain when an exception to repayment can be made. A required repayment is a debt to the United States, and a bankruptcy discharge under title 11 does not cancel that debt if the discharge order is entered less than five years after the debt was incurred.

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Title 37, §462

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(a)Except as provided in subsection (b), a member of the uniformed services or other person who is paid travel and transportation allowances under subchapter I shall repay to the United States any amount of such payment that is determined to be unauthorized or in excess of the applicable authorized amount.

(b)The regulations prescribed under section 464 of this title shall specify procedures for determining the circumstances under which an exception to repayment otherwise required by subsection (a) may be granted.

(c)An obligation to repay the United States under this section is, for all purposes, a debt owed the United States. A discharge in bankruptcy under title 11 does not discharge a person from such debt if the discharge order is entered less than five years after the date on which the debt was incurred.

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Citation

37 U.S.C. § 462

Title 37 — Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60