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[CITE: 10USC7863]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                     PART IV--GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
 
             CHAPTER 661--ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY
 
Sec. 7863. Disposal of public stores by order of commanding 
        officer
        
    When settling an account of a disbursing official, the Comptroller 
General shall allow disposal of public stores the disbursing official 
made under an order of a commanding officer when presented with 
satisfactory evidence that the order was made and that the stores were 
disposed of as the order provided. The commanding officer is accountable 
for the disposal.

(Added Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 2(b)(12)(B), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1057, 
Sec. 7862; renumbered Sec. 7863, Pub. L. 99-433, title V, 
Sec. 514(b)(1), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1054; amended Pub. L. 104-106, 
div. A, title IX, Sec. 913(c)(3)(A), (B)(i), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 
411; Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title X, Sec. 1074(a)(20), Sept. 23, 1996, 
110 Stat. 2660.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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7862..................................  31:44 (1st sentence).                Ju
ne 10, 1921, ch. 18, Sec.  304
                                                                              (
1st par. 1st sentence), 42 Stat.
                                                                              2
4.
                                        31:106.                              R.
S. Sec.  285.
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    The words ``disbursing official'' are substituted for ``disbursing 
officer'' for consistency with other titles of the United States Code. 
The words ``Comptroller General'' are substituted for ``General 
Accounting Office'' for consistency. The words ``of the Navy'' are 
omitted because of the restatement. The words ``when presented with'' 
are substituted for ``upon'' for clarity. The words ``by whose order 
such disbursement or disposal was made'' are omitted as surplus.


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-201 inserted ``were'' after ``the stores'' in 
first sentence.
    Pub. L. 104-106, Sec. 913(c)(3)(B)(i), substituted ``Disposal of 
public stores'' for ``Disbursements'' in section catchline.
    Pub. L. 104-106, Sec. 913(c)(3)(A), in first sentence, struck out 
``disbursements of public moneys or'' after ``Comptroller General shall 
allow'' and ``the money was paid or'' after ``the order was made and 
that'' and, in second sentence, struck out ``disbursement or'' after 
``commanding officer is accountable for the''.
