10 USC § 2206 - Disbursement of funds of military department to cover obligation of another agency of Department of Defense

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title: "10 USC § 2206 - Disbursement of funds of military department to cover obligation of another agency of Department of Defense"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "2206"
section_name: "Disbursement of funds of military department to cover obligation of another agency of Department of Defense"
chapter_number: 131
chapter_name: "PLANNING AND COORDINATION"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 87–651, title II, § 207(a), Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 520; amended Pub. L. 97–258, § 2(b)(1)(A), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1052.)"
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# § 2206. Disbursement of funds of military department to cover obligation of another agency of Department of Defense

As far as authorized by the Secretary of Defense, a disbursing official of a military department may, out of available advances, make disbursements to cover obligations in connection with any function, power, or duty of another department or agency of the Department of Defense and charge those disbursements on vouchers, to the appropriate appropriation of that department or agency. Disbursements so made shall be adjusted in settling the accounts of the disbursing official.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 87–651, title II, § 207(a), Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 520; amended Pub. L. 97–258, § 2(b)(1)(A), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1052.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2206 | 5:172h.5:171n(a) (as applicable to 5:172h). | July 26, 1947, ch. 343, § 409; added Aug. 10, 1949, ch. 412, § 11 (24th par.), 63 Stat. 590. |
|  |  | July 26, 1947, ch. 343, § 308(a) (as applicable to § 409), 61 Stat. 509. |

The word “agency” is substituted for the word “organization”. The last sentence is substituted for the proviso in .

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1982— substituted “official” for “officer” wherever appearing.