An Act to amend title 10, United States Code, to permit disbursing officers of an armed force to entrust funds to other officers of an armed force
PL 87-480 (H.R.8570), enacted 06/08/1962

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PUBLIC LAW 87-479-JUNE 8, 1962 
[76 STAT. 
Public Law 87-479 
W£, 
June 8, 1962 
[S. J. Res. 151] 
I n t e r i o r Dept. 
Riverton F e deral 
reclamation proj-
ect, Wyo. 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Permitting the Secretary of the Interior to continue to deliver water to lands 
in the Third Division, Riverton Federal reclamation project, Wyoming. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That pending completion 
of a repayment contract the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to 
continue to deliver water to the lands in the Third Division, Riverton 
Federal reclamation project, Wyoming, during the calendar year 
1962, as under the provisions of section 9, subsection (d) (1), of the 
Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187, 1195; 43 U.S.G. 
485h(d)) but without regard to the time limitation therein specified. 
Water shall be furnished upon individual applications accompanied 
by payments of an amount per acre to be irrigated equal to the esti-
mated average per irrigable acre cost of operation and maintenance 
of the Third Division, whether or not all of the irrigable area is 
irrigated. 
Rates of charge for water delivery shall be $4 per acre 
for the first three acre-feet per acre with water in excess of that amount 
at $2 per acre-foot. 
The portion of the operation and maintenance 
costs applicable to lands for which water service is not requested is 
hereby declared to be nonreimbui"sable and nonreturnable. 
Approved June 8, 1962. 
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June 8, 1962 
[H. R. 8570] 
Public Law 87-480 
AN ACT 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit disbursing officers of an armed 
force to entrust funds to other officers of an armed force. 
Armed Forces. 
Disbursing offi-
cers. 
A d v a n c e of 
funds; accounta-
bility. 
10 u s e 277 1-
2773. 
Repeal. 
10 u s e 483 1-
4840. 
Repeal. 
10 u s e 983 1-
9840. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That title 10, United 
States Code, is amended as f 
ollow^s: 
(1) Chapter 165 is amended— 
(A) 
by adding the following new section at the end thereof: 
"§2773. Accountability for public money: disbursing officers; 
agent officers 
"Under such regulations as the Secretaiy concerned may prescribe, 
any officer of an armed force accountable for public money may entrust 
it to another officer of an armed force to make disbursement as his 
agent. 
Both the officer to whom money is entrusted under this section, 
and the officer who entrusts the money to him, are pecuniarily respon-
sible for that money to the United States. 
Regulations prescribed 
under this section by the Secretaries of the military departments must 
be approved by the secretary of Defense.''; and 
(B) by adding the following new^ item at the end of the analysis: 
"2773. Accountability for public money: disbursing officers; agent officers." 
(2) Section 4833 is repealed. 
(3) The analysis of chapter 453 is amended by striking out the fol-
lowing item: 
"4833. Accountability for public money: disbursing officers; agent officers." 
(4) Section 9833 is repealed. 
(5) The analysis of chapter 953 is amended by striking out the 
following item: 
"9833. Accountability for public money: disbursing officers; agent officers." 
Approved June 8,1962. 
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