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§ 902. —  Pay of crews of wrecked or lost naval vessels.



[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 37USC902]

 
         TITLE 37--PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES
 
              CHAPTER 17--MISCELLANEOUS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS
 
Sec. 902. Pay of crews of wrecked or lost naval vessels

    (a) When the accounts of the disbursing officer of a naval vessel 
are lost as a result of the destruction of the vessel, his return for 
the last month may, unless there is official evidence to the contrary, 
be used in computing later credits to and settling accounts of persons, 
other than officers, carried on his accounts. If the return for the last 
month has not been made, the pay accounts may be settled on principles 
of equity and justice.
    (b) When a naval vessel is lost or has not been heard from for so 
long that her loss may be presumed, the Secretary of the Navy may fix 
the date of loss of the vessel for the purpose of settling the accounts 
of persons aboard other than officers.
    (c) When the crew of a naval vessel is separated from that vessel 
because of her wreck, loss, or destruction, the pay and emoluments of 
those officers and enlisted members that the Secretary considers 
(because of the sentence of a court-martial or the finding of a court of 
inquiry, or by other satisfactory evidence) to have done their utmost to 
save the vessel and, after the wreck, loss, or destruction, to have 
behaved themselves according to the discipline of the Navy, continue and 
shall be paid to them until their discharge or death, whichever is 
earlier.

(Pub. L. 87-649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 486; Pub. L. 104-316, title I, 
Sec. 118, Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3836.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)               Source (Statutes at Large)
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902(a)................................  10:6144.                             [None.]
902(b)................................  10:6145.                             [None.]
902(c)................................  37:243.                              R.S. 1574.
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    In subsections (a) and (c), the words ``naval vessel'' are 
substituted for the words ``any vessel of the United States'', in 
section 243 of existing title 37, and the words ``vessel in the employ 
of the United States'', in section 6144 of title 10, for clarity and to 
conform to subsection (b).
    In subsection (c), the word ``continues'' is substituted for the 
words ``go on''. The words ``whichever is earlier'' are inserted for 
clarity. The words ``or the findings of a'' are inserted since a court 
of inquiry cannot impose a sentence.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-316 substituted ``the Secretary of 
the Navy may'' for ``the General Accounting Office, under the direction 
of the Secretary of the Navy, may''.



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