37 USC § 462 - Travel and transportation allowances paid to members that are unauthorized or in excess of authorized amounts: requirement for repayment

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title: "37 USC § 462 - Travel and transportation allowances paid to members that are unauthorized or in excess of authorized amounts: requirement for repayment"
title_number: 37
title_name: "PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES"
section_number: "462"
section_name: "Travel and transportation allowances paid to members that are unauthorized or in excess of authorized amounts: requirement for repayment"
chapter_number: 8
chapter_name: "TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title VI, § 631(b), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1459.)"
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# § 462. Travel and transportation allowances paid to members that are unauthorized or in excess of authorized amounts: requirement for repayment

**(a)** **Repayment Required.—** Except as provided in subsection (b), a member of the uniformed services or other person who is paid travel and transportation allowances under subchapter I shall repay to the United States any amount of such payment that is determined to be unauthorized or in excess of the applicable authorized amount.

**(b)** **Exception.—** The regulations prescribed under section 464 of this title shall specify procedures for determining the circumstances under which an exception to repayment otherwise required by subsection (a) may be granted.

**(c)** **Effect of Bankruptcy.—** An obligation to repay the United States under this section is, for all purposes, a debt owed the United States. A discharge in bankruptcy under title 11 does not discharge a person from such debt if the discharge order is entered less than five years after the date on which the debt was incurred.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title VI, § 631(b), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1459.)