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Title 10 — Armed Forces

Part IV · Chapter 163 — Military Claims

§ 2732. Payment of claims: availability of appropriations

Statutory text

Appropriations available to the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance may be used for payment of claims authorized by law to be paid by the Department of Defense (except for civil functions), including—

(1)

claims for damages arising under training contracts with carriers; and

(2)

repayment of amounts determined by the Secretary concerned to have been erroneously collected—

(A)

from military and civilian personnel of the Department of Defense; or

(B)

from States or territories or the District of Columbia (or members of the National Guard units thereof).

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991

    Pub. L. 101–510 div. A title XIV § 1481(j)(1) · 104 Stat. 1485

    Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 2732

    (Added Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XIV, § 1481(j)(1), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1708.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Added Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XIV, § 1481(j)(1), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1708.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) Chapter 163 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2731 the following new section: “§ 2732. Payment of claims: availability of appropriations “Appropriations available to the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance may be used for payment of claims authorized by law to be paid by the Department of Defense (except for civil functions), including— “(1) claims for damages arising under training contracts with carriers; and “(2) repayment of amounts determined by the Secretary concerned to have been erroneously collected— “(A) from military and civilian personnel of the Department of Defense; or “(B) from States or territories or the District of Columbia (or members of the National Guard units thereof).”.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in Pub. L. 100–463, title VIII, § 8098, , 102 Stat. 2270–35, which was set out as a note under section 2241 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 101–510, § 1481(j)(3).

A prior section 2732, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 152; , Pub. L. 85–861, §§ 1(53), 33(a)(16), 72 Stat. 1461, 1565; , Pub. L. 89–185, § 1, 79 Stat. 789, related to settlement of property loss incident to service, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 88–558, § 5(3), , 78 Stat. 768, effective two years from . See section 3701 et seq. of Title 31, Money and Finance.

Credits

(Added Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XIV, § 1481(j)(1), , 104 Stat. 1708.)

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