2018 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle B - Army
Part IV - Service, Supply, and Procurement
Chapter 767 - Utilities and Services
Sec. 7592 - Radiograms and telegrams: forwarding charges due connecting commercial facilities

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Citation 10 U.S.C. § 7592 (2018)
Section Name §7592. Radiograms and telegrams: forwarding charges due connecting commercial facilities
Section Text

In the operation of telegraph lines, cables, or radio stations, members of the Signal Corps may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Army, collect forwarding charges due connecting commercial telegraph or radio companies for sending radiograms or telegrams over their lines. Under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, they may present a voucher to a disbursing official for payment of the forwarding charge.

Source Credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 257, §4592; Pub. L. 97–258, §2(b)(1)(A), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1052; Pub. L. 104–316, title I, §105(e), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3830; renumbered §7592, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §808(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)

Editorial Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
4592 10:1319. May 12, 1917, ch. 12 (proviso under "Washington-Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System"), 40 Stat. 43.

The words "members of" are inserted for clarity. The words "Government", "and to this end", "as may be", and "amount of such" are omitted as surplusage.

AMENDMENTS

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4592 of this title as this section.

1996—Pub. L. 104–316 substituted "of the forwarding" for ", or may file a claim with the General Accounting Office for the forwarding" in second sentence.

1982—Pub. L. 97–258 substituted "official" for "officer".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
Subtitle B - Army
PART IV - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
CHAPTER 767 - UTILITIES AND SERVICES
Sec. 7592 - Radiograms and telegrams: forwarding charges due connecting commercial facilities
Contains section 7592
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 40 Stat. 43
96 Stat. 1052
110 Stat. 3830
132 Stat. 1839
Public Law References Public Law 97-258, Public Law 104-316, Public Law 115-232
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