§7841. Payment of small amounts to public creditors
When authorized by the Secretary of the Army, a disbursing official of Army 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.
(Added
Pub. L. 97–258, §2(b)(10)(B), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1056
, §4841; renumbered §7841,
Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §808(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839
.)
Historical and Revision Notes
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 4841 |
31:493. |
Mar. 2, 1907, ch. 251 (proviso on p. 1166), 34 Stat. 1166. |
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 word "When" is substituted for "as shall from time to time be" to eliminate unnecessary words. The words "disbursing official" are substituted for "Officers intrusted with the disbursement" for consistency.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018-Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4841 of this title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2018 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.