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Department of Defense
DIRECTIVE
NUMBER 1340.22
January 8, 2005
Certified Current as of May 31, 2007
GC, DoD
SUBJECT: Waiver of Debts Resulting from Erroneous Payments of Pay and Allowances
References: (a) DoD Directive 1340.22, same subject as above, July 10, 2003 (hereby canceled)
(b) Section 2774 of title 10, United States Code
(c) Section 716 of title 32, United States Code
(d) Section 5584 of title 5, United States Code
(e) DoD Directive 5118.3, "Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
(USD(C))/Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Department of Defense,"
January 6, 1997
(f) DoD Directive 1342.20, "Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA),”
November 28, 2005
1. REISSUANCE AND PURPOSE
This Directive reissues reference (a) to establish policy and assign responsibilities for
considering applications for the waiver of debts resulting from erroneous payments of pay and
allowances (including travel and transportation allowances) to or on behalf of members of the
Uniformed Services and civilian DoD employees under references (b) through (d).
2. APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE
This Directive applies to:
2.1. The Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Military Departments, the Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of Inspector General of the
Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other
organizational entities in the Department of Defense (hereafter referred to collectively as the
“DoD Components”).
