10 USC § 7841 - Payment of small amounts to public creditors

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title: "10 USC § 7841 - Payment of small amounts to public creditors"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "7841"
section_name: "Payment of small amounts to public creditors"
chapter_number: 783
chapter_name: "ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(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.)"
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# § 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.

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**Source Credit**: (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.)

| 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  (ch. 343, ), and by sections 1 and 53 of the Act of  (ch. 1041, , 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— renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .