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10 U.S.C. § 9837 — Settlement of accounts: remission or cancellation of indebtedness of members
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**(a) In General.—** The Secretary of the Air Force may have remitted or cancelled any part of the indebtedness of a person to the United States or any instrumentality of the United States incurred while the person was serving as a member of the Air Force or the Space Force, whether as a regular or a reserve in active status, but only if the Secretary considers such action to be in the best interest of the United States.
**(b) Retroactive Applicability to Certain Debts.—** The authority in subsection (a) may be exercised with respect to any debt covered by that subsection that is incurred on or after October 7, 2001.
**(c) Regulations.—** This section shall be administered under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
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**(a) In General.—** The Secretary of the Air Force may have remitted or cancelled any part of the indebtedness of a person to the United States or any instrumentality of the United States incurred while the person was serving as a member of the Air Force or the Space Force, whether as a regular or a reserve in active status, but only if the Secretary considers such action to be in the best interest of the United States.
**(b) Retroactive Applicability to Certain Debts.—** The authority in subsection (a) may be exercised with respect to any debt covered by that subsection that is incurred on or after October 7, 2001.
**(c) Regulations.—** This section shall be administered under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
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### Statutory Notes
Section, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 580, related to sale of tobacco by Air Force to enlisted members.
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In addition to the definitions in sections 1–5 of title 1, the following definitions apply in this title:
(1)
(A) The term “United States”, in a geographic sense, means the States and the District of Columbia.
(B) The term “continental United States” means the 48 contiguous States and the District of Columbia.
(2) The term “possessions” includes Guam, American Samoa, and the guano islands.
(3) The term “uniformed services” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, Coast Guard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Public Health Service.
(4) The term “armed forces” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force,and Coast Guard.
(5) The term “Secretary concerned” means—
(A) the Secretary of the Army, with respect to matters concerning the Army;
(B) the Secretary of the Navy, with respect to matters concerning the Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard when it is operating as a service in the Navy;
(C) the Secretary of the Air Force, with respect to matters concerning the Air Force and the Space Force;
(D) the Secretary of Homeland Security, with respect to matters concerning the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy;
(E) the Secretary of Commerce, with respect to matters concerning the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
(F) the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with respect to matters concerning the Public Health Service.
(6) The term “National Guard” means the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard.
(7) The term “Army National Guard” means that part of the organized militia of the several States, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Canal Zone, the Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia, active and inactive, that—
(A) is a land force;
(B)
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**(a)** The pay of an officer of an armed force may be withheld, under [section 5512 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5512&num=0&edition=prelim), only for an indebtedness to the United States admitted by the officer or shown by the judgment of a court, or upon a special order issued in the discretion of the Secretary of Defense (or the Secretary of Homeland Security, in the case of an officer of the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Navy), or upon the denial of relief of an officer pursuant to [section 3527 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section3527&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b)** An amount due to the United States from an enlisted member of the Army, the Air Force, or the Space Force for articles sold to the member on credit under section 4621(a)(1) or 9621(a)(1) of title 10, as the case may be, shall be deducted from the next pay due the member after the sale is reported.
**(c)**
(1) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, an amount that a member of the uniformed services is administratively determined to owe the United States or any of its instrumentalities may be deducted from the member’s pay in monthly installments.
(2) After the deduction of pay forfeited by the sentence of a court-martial, if any, or otherwise authorized by law to be withheld, the deductions authorized by this section may not reduce the pay actually received by a member of the uniformed services for any month to less than one-third of the member’s pay for that month.
(3)
(A) If the indebtedness of a member of the uniformed services to the United States is due to the overpayment of pay or allowances to the member through no fault of t
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**(a)** Before the vacation of the suspension of a special court-martial sentence which as approved includes a bad-conduct discharge, or of any general court-martial sentence, the officer having special court-martial jurisdiction over the probationer shall hold a hearing on the alleged violation of probation. The special court-martial convening authority may detail a judge advocate, who is certified under [section 827(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section827/b&num=0&edition=prelim) (article 27(b)), to conduct the hearing. The probationer shall be represented at the hearing by counsel if the probationer so desires.
**(b)** The record of the hearing and the recommendation of the officer having special court-martial jurisdiction shall be sent for action to the officer exercising general court-martial jurisdiction over the probationer. If the officer exercising general court-martial jurisdiction vacates the suspension, any unexecuted part of the sentence, except a dismissal, shall be executed, subject to applicable restrictions in [section 857 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section857&num=0&edition=prelim) (article 57). The vacation of the suspension of a dismissal is not effective until approved by the Secretary concerned.
**(c)** The suspension of any other sentence may be vacated by any authority competent to convene, for the command in which the accused is serving or assigned, a court of the kind that imposed the sentence.
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**(a) In General.—** The following definitions apply in this title:
(1) The term “United States”, in a geographic sense, means the States and the District of Columbia.
(2) Repealed. Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, § 1057(a)(1), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3440.]
(3) The term “possessions” includes the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Guano Islands, so long as they remain possessions, but does not include any Commonwealth.
(4) The term “armed forces” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard.
(5) The term “uniformed services” means—
(A) the armed forces;
(B) the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
(C) the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service.
(6) The term “department”, when used with respect to a military department, means the executive part of the department and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of the department. When used with respect to the Department of Defense, such term means the executive part of the department, including the executive parts of the military departments, and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of Defense, including those of the military departments.
(7) The term “executive part of the department” means the executive part of the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, or Department of the Air Force, as the case may be, at the seat of government.
(8) The term “military departments” means the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force.
(9) The term
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 9837
§ 9837. Settlement of accounts: remission or can-
cellation of indebtedness of members
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Air
Force may have remitted or cancelled any part
of the indebtedness of a person to the United
States or any instrumentality of the United
States incurred while the person was serving as
a member of the Air Force or the Space Force,
whether as a regular or a reserve in active sta-
tus, but only if the Secretary considers such ac-
tion to be in the best interest of the United
States.
(b) RETROACTIVE
APPLICABILITY
TO
CERTAIN
DEBTS.—The authority in subsection (a) may be
exercised with respect to any debt covered by
that subsection that is incurred on or after Oc-
tober 7, 2001.
(c) REGULATIONS.—This section shall be admin-
istered under regulations prescribed by the Sec-
retary of Defense.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 594; Pub. L.
85–861, § 33(a)(45), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1567; Pub.
L. 87–649, § 14c(58), Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 502; Pub.
L. 96–513, title V, § 514(22)(A), (B), Dec. 12, 1980, 94
Stat. 2936; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title VI,
§ 683(c)(1), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3323; Pub. L.
109–364, div. A, title VI, § 673(c)(1), (2), (e)(3), Oct.
17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2271, 2272; Pub. L. 110–181, div.
A, title X, § 1063(c)(7)(C), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat.
323; Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title VI, § 671(b)(3),
Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2173; Pub. L. 116–283, div.
A, title IX, § 923(e)(22), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat.
3819.)
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