{"data":{"id":"us/10-u.s.c.-7842","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"10 U.S.C. § 7842","heading":"Settlement of accounts of line officers","body":"The Comptroller General shall settle the account of a line officer of the Army for pay due the officer even if the officer cannot account for property entrusted to the officer or cannot make a monthly report or return, when the Comptroller General is satisfied that the inability to account for property or make a report or return was the result of the officer having been a prisoner, or of an accident or casualty of war.","path":["Title 10—ARMED FORCES","CHAPTER 783—ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc10@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:10Z","sha256":"409ab61cfab7c740323f8dee044f880d0b6cde62d77760477f8805e86ad6de39","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/10-u.s.c.-7841","next":"us/10-u.s.c.-8001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}