Settlement of accounts of line officers

U.S.C. Title 10 - ARMED FORCES 10 U.S.C. United States Code, 2023 Edition Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle D - Air Force and Space Force PART IV - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT CHAPTER 983 - ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY Sec. 9842 - Settlement of accounts of line officers From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov

§9842. Settlement of accounts of line officers

The Comptroller General shall settle the account of a line officer of the Air Force or the Space Force for pay due the officer even if the officer cannot account for property entrusted to the officer or cannot make a monthly report or return, when the Comptroller General is satisfied that the inability to account for property or make a report or return was the result of the officer having been a prisoner, or of an accident or casualty of war.

(Added Pub. L. 97–258, §2(b)(14)(B), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1058; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, §923(e)(25), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3820.)

Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)

9842 31:44 (1st sentence). June 10, 1921, ch. 18, §304 (1st par. 1st sentence), 42 Stat. 24.

31:95. R.S. §278.

The section is made applicable to the Air Force by section 207(a) and (f) of the Act of July 26, 1947 (ch. 343, 61 Stat. 502). For comparable provisions that apply to the Army, see the revision note for 10:4842.

Editorial Notes

Amendments 2021—Pub. L. 116–283 inserted "or the Space Force" after "Air Force".