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[CITE: 10USC2777]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
             CHAPTER 165--ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY
 
Sec. 2777. Requisitions for advances and removal of charges 
        outstanding in accounts of advances
        
    (a) The Secretary of a military department may issue to a disbursing 
official or agent of the department a requisition for an advance of not 
more than the total appropriation for the department. The amount 
advanced shall be--
        (1) under an ``account of advances'' for the department;
        (2) on a proper voucher;
        (3) only for obligations payable under specific appropriations;
        (4) charged to, and within the limits of, each specific 
    appropriation; and
        (5) returned to the account of advances.

    (b) A charge outstanding in an account of advances of a military 
department shall be removed by crediting the account of advances of the 
department and deducting the amount of the charge from an appropriation 
made available for advances to the department when--
        (1) relief has been granted or may be granted later to a 
    disbursing official or agent of the department operating under an 
    account of advances and under a law having no provision for removing 
    charges outstanding in an account of advances; or
        (2) the charge has been--
            (A) outstanding in the account of advances of the department 
        for 2 complete fiscal years; and
            (B) certified by the head of the department as 
        uncollectable.

    (c) Subsection (b) does not affect the financial liability of a 
disbursing official or agent.

(Added Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 2(b)(8)(B), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1055; 
amended Pub. L. 98-525, title XIV, Sec. 1405(43), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 
Stat. 2625; Pub. L. 104-316, title I, Sec. 105(c), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 
Stat. 3830.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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2777(a)...............................  31:536, 537.                         Ju
ne 5, 1920, ch. 240 (1st, 2d
                                                                              p
ars. under heading ``Advances to
                                                                              D
isbursing Officers''), 41 Stat.
                                                                              9
75.
                                        31:539, 540.                         Ju
ne 19, 1878, ch. 312, Secs.  1,
                                                                              2
, 20 Stat. 167.
2777(b), (c)..........................  31:95b (related to Army, Navy, Air   Ju
ne 4, 1954, ch. 264, Sec.  1
                                         Force).                              (
related to Army, Navy, Air
                                                                              F
orce), 68 Stat. 175; June 6,
                                                                              1
972, Pub. L. 92-310, Sec.
                                                                              2
31(gg), 86 Stat. 213.
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    In the section, the words ``disbursing official'' are substituted 
for ``disbursing officers'' for consistency with other titles of the 
United States Code.
    In subsection (a), before clause (1), the words ``Secretary of a 
military department'' are substituted for ``Secretary of the Army'' in 
31:536 and for ``Secretary of the Navy'' in 31:539 because of 10:101(7). 
The title of Secretary of War was changed to Secretary of the Army by 
section 205(a) of the Act of July 26, 1947 (ch. 343, 61 Stat. 501), and 
by sections 1 and 53 of the Act of August 10, 1956 (ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 
157, 676). The Secretary of the Air Force is included because of 
sections 205(a) and 207(a) and (f) of the Act of July 26, 1947 (ch. 343, 
61 Stat. 501, 502), and section 1 of the Act of August 10, 1956 (ch. 
1041, 70A Stat. 488). In clause (1), the word ``General'' in 31:539 is 
omitted as surplus. In clause (3), the words ``and `Pay of the Navy' 
shall be used only for its legitimate purpose, as provided by law'' are 
omitted as unnecessary. In clause (5), the words ``by pay and 
counterwarrant'' in 31:537 and 540 are omitted as unnecessary.
    In subsection (b), before clause (1), the word ``appropriate'' is 
omitted as surplus. The words ``deducting the amount of the charge 
from'' are substituted for ``debiting'' for clarity. In clause (2)(B), 
the word ``concerned'' is omitted as surplus.
    In subsection (c), the words ``in any way'' and ``of the United 
States'' are omitted as surplus.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (b)(2)(B). Pub. L. 104-316 struck out ``to the 
Comptroller General'' after ``head of the department''.
    1984--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 98-525 struck out ``of this section'' 
after ``Subsection (b)''.
