---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 2786"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "2786"
heading: "Department of Defense payments by electronic transfers of funds: exercise of authority for waivers"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/2786"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part IV — Service, Supply, and Property"
  - "Chapter 165 — Accountability and Responsibility"
---

# §2786. Department of Defense payments by electronic transfers of funds: exercise of authority for waivers


With respect to any Federal payment of funds covered by [section 3332(f) of title 31](/usc/31/3332.md?p=f) (relating to electronic funds transfers) for which payment is made or authorized by the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense, the waiver authority provided in [paragraph (2)(A)(i)](/usc/31/3332.md?p=f-2-A-i) of that section shall be exercised by the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense. The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense shall carry out the authority provided under the preceding sentence in consultation with the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of the Treasury.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title X, § 1008(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 737.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Savings Provision

Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title X, § 1008(a)(3), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 738, provided that: “Any waiver in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 5, 1999] under paragraph (2)(A)(i) of section 3332(f) of title 31, United States Code, shall remain in effect until otherwise provided by the Secretary of Defense under section 2786 of title 10, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1).”