PUBLIC LAW 97-258—SEPT. 13, 1982
96 STAT. 1057
those funds in the personal possession and at the risk of Che disbursing official to pay small amounts to public creditors. "§ 4842. Settlement of accounts of line officers "The Comptroller General shall settle the account of a line officer of the Army 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.". (11)(A) Add immediately below item 7230 in the analysis of chapter 631 the following new item:
10 USC 4842.
"7231. Accounting for expenditures for obtaining information.".
(B) Add at the end of chapter 631 the following new section: "§7231. Accounting for expenditures for obtaining information "When the Secretary of the Navy decides that an expenditure by the Department of the Navy from an appropriation for obtaining information from anywhere in the world may be made public, the expenditure shall be accounted for specifically. When the Secretary decides that an expenditure should not be made public, the Secretary shall make a certificate on the amount of the expenditure. The certificate is a sufficient voucher for the amount stated to have been spent.". (12)(A) Add immediately below item 659 in the analysis of subtitle C the following new item: "661. Accountability and responsibility
10 USC 7231.
7861".
(B) Add at the end of subtitle C the following new chapter: "CHAPTER 661—ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY "Sec. "7861. Accounts of paymasters of lost or captured public vessels. "7862. Disbursements by order of commanding officer.
"§ 7861. Accounts of paymasters of lost or captured public vessels "When settling the account of a paymaster of a lost or captured naval vessel, the Comptroller General in settling money accounts, and the Secretary of the Navy in settling property accounts, shall credit the account of the paymaster for the amount of provisions, clothing, small stores, and money for which the paymaster is charged that the Comptroller General or Secretary believes was lost inevitably because of the loss or capture. The paymaster is then free of liability for the provisions, clothing, small stores, and money.
10 USC 7861.
"§ 7862. Disbursements by order of commanding officer 10 USC 7862. "When settling an account of a disbursing official, the Comptroller General shall allow disbursements of public moneys or 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 money was paid or the stores disposed of as the order provided. The commanding officer is accountable for the disbursement or disposal.".
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