Personnel-General

Remission or Cancellation of Indebtedness

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

RANDY A. GEORGE
General, United States Army
Chief of Staff

MARK F. AVERILL
Administrative Assistant to the
Secretary of the Army

History. This regulation is certified current on 29 October 2024. Aside from the administrative changes listed in the summary of change, no other changes were made to certify the currency of this regulation..

Summary. This regulation outlines the policies and guidance for remission or cancellation of indebtedness to the U.S. Army. It implements the provisions of Section 7837, Title 10, United States Code and DoD 7000.14-R, Volume 16, Chapter 4. It allows all Regular Army Soldiers and those in the Active Guard/Reserve program to submit an application for remission or cancellation of indebtedness to the U.S. Army. Guidance is included on the submission and processing of applications for remission or cancellation of indebtedness to the U.S. Army. It also provides guidance for Soldiers who have been released from active status, to include Army National Guard and Reserve Components Soldiers who have

incurred a debt to the U.S. Army. This revision includes provisions for commanders to request remission or cancellation of indebtedness on behalf of two or more active duty Soldiers for similar circumstances based solely on injustice. It also eliminates the requirement for a general court-martial convening authority to act on cases when the Soldier's immediate commander has not resolved suspension of debt, pending the U.S. Army Human Resources Command's decision, or when the Army military pay office director and/or finance and accounting office officer or U.S. Property and Fiscal Office officer (as applicable) determines that the interests of the U.S. Government could not be adequately protected if the debt was suspended.

Applicability. This regulation applies to the Regular Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and the U.S. Army Reserves, unless otherwise stated.

Proponent and exception authority. The proponent of this regulation is the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1. The proponent has the authority to approve exceptions or waivers to this regulation that are consistent with controlling law and regulations. The proponent may delegate the approval authority, in writing, to a division chief within the proponent agency or its direct reporting unit or field operating agency, in the grade of colonel or the civilian equivalent. Activities may request a waiver to this regulation by providing

justification that includes a full analysis of the expected benefits and must include formal review by the activity's senior legal officer. All waiver requests will be endorsed by the commander or senior leader of the requesting activity and forwarded through their higher headquarters to the policy proponent. Refer to AR 25-30 for specific requirements.

Army internal control process. This regulation contains internal control provisions in accordance with AR 11-2 and identifies key internal controls that must be evaluated (see appendix B).

Supplementation. Supplementation of this regulation and establishment of command and local forms are prohibited without prior approval from the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1 (DAPE-PR), 300 Army Pentagon, Washington, DC 20310-0300.

Suggested improvements. Users are invited to send comments and suggested improvements on DA FormDA FormDepartment of the Army form 2028 (Recommended Changes to Publications and Blank Forms) via email to the regulation proponent's general email address, at usarmy.knox.hrc.mbx.tagd-remissions@army.mil.

Distribution. This regulation is available in electronic media only and is intended for the Regular Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and the U.S. Army Reserve.

*This regulation supersedes AR 600-4, dated 20 April 2021.