# § 8913. Disposal of public stores by order of commanding officer
When settling an account of a disbursing official, the Comptroller General shall allow 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 stores were disposed of as the order provided. The commanding officer is accountable for the disposal.
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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 97–258, § 2(b)(12)(B), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1057, § 7862; renumbered § 7863, Pub. L. 99–433, title V, § 514(b)(1), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1054; amended Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title IX, § 913(c)(3)(A), (B)(i), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 411; Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title X, § 1074(a)(20), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2660; renumbered § 8913, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(12), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837.)
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 7862 | 31:44 (1st sentence). | June 10, 1921, ch. 18, § 304 (1st par. 1st sentence), 42 Stat. 24. |
| | 31:106. | R.S. § 285. |
The words “disbursing official” are substituted for “disbursing officer” for consistency with other titles of the United States Code. The words “Comptroller General” are substituted for “General Accounting Office” for consistency. The words “of the Navy” are omitted because of the restatement. The words “when presented with” are substituted for “upon” for clarity. The words “by whose order such disbursement or disposal was made” are omitted as surplus.
## Editorial Notes
### Prior Provisions
A prior section 8913, acts , ; , , ; , , , provided for retirement of deferred officers not recommended for promotion after twenty years or more of service, except as provided in , prior to repeal by , , , effective . See section 627 et seq. of this title.
A prior section 8914 was renumbered .
Prior sections 8915 and 8916 were repealed by , , , effective .
Section 8915, acts , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , , authorized the Secretary of the Air Force to defer the retirement of any Air Force nurse or medical specialist in the regular grade of major until the 30th day after the officer completes 28 years of service. See .
Section 8916, acts , ; , , , provided for retirement of a promotion-list lieutenant colonel, except as provided by , on the 30th day after he completes 28 years of service, with authority for the Secretary of the Air Force to defer retirement in certain cases. See .
Prior sections 8917 and 8918 were renumbered sections 9317 and 9318 of this title.
A prior section 8919, act , ch 1041, , authorized Secretary of Air Force, when he determined that there were too many commissioned officers on active list of Regular Air Force in any grade who have at least 30 years of service, to convene a board of at least five general officers of the Regular Air Force to make recommendations for retirement and to retire any officer so recommended, prior to repeal by , , , effective .
A prior section 8920 was renumbered .
### Amendments
2018— renumbered as this section.
1996— inserted “were” after “the stores” in first sentence.
, substituted “Disposal of public stores” for “Disbursements” in section catchline.
, in first sentence, struck out “disbursements of public moneys or” after “Comptroller General shall allow” and “the money was paid or” after “the order was made and that” and, in second sentence, struck out “disbursement or” after “commanding officer is accountable for the”.
1986— 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 .