---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 2781"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "2781"
heading: "Availability of appropriations: exchange fees; losses in accounts"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/2781"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part IV — Service, Supply, and Property"
  - "Chapter 165 — Accountability and Responsibility"
---

# §2781. Availability of appropriations: exchange fees; losses in accounts


Amounts appropriated to the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense may be used for—

- (1) exchange fees; and
- (2) losses in the accounts of disbursing officials and agents in accordance with law.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 100–370, § 1(m)(1), July 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 849.)

## Notes

### Historical and Revision Notes

Section is based on Pub. L. 99–190, § 101(b) [title VIII, § 8006(c)], Dec. 19, 1985, 99 Stat. 1185, 1203.