10 U.S.C. § 1048
Section 1048 · Gratuity payment to persons discharged for fraudulent enlistment
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Steiner v. Steiner (2001)
Most recently applied in 891 So. 2d 1079 - Padot v. Padot (December 2004)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The Secretary concerned may pay a gratuity of not to exceed $25 to a person discharged for fraudulent enlistment.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained in the following appropriation acts:
Oct. 12, 1984, Pub. L. 98–473, title I, §101(h) [title VIII, §8006], 98 Stat. 1904, 1923.
Dec. 8, 1983, Pub. L. 98–212, title VII, §709, 97 Stat. 1439.
Dec. 21, 1982, Pub. L. 97–377, title I, §101(c) [title VII, §709], 96 Stat. 1833, 1851.
Dec. 29, 1981, Pub. L. 97–114, title VII, §709, 95 Stat. 1579.
Dec. 15, 1980, Pub. L. 96–527, title VII, §709, 94 Stat. 3081.
Dec. 21, 1979, Pub. L. 96–154, title VII, §709, 93 Stat. 1153.
Oct. 13, 1978, Pub. L. 95–457, title VIII, §809, 92 Stat. 1244.
Sept. 21, 1977, Pub. L. 95–111, title VIII, §808, 91 Stat. 900.
Sept. 22, 1976, Pub. L. 94–419, title VII, §708, 90 Stat. 1292.
Feb. 9, 1976, Pub. L. 94–212, title VII, §708, 90 Stat. 169.
Oct. 8, 1974, Pub. L. 93–437, title VIII, §808, 88 Stat. 1225.
Jan. 2, 1974, Pub. L. 93–238, title VII, §708, 87 Stat. 1039.
Oct. 26, 1972, Pub. L. 92–570, title VII, §708, 86 Stat. 1197.
Dec. 18, 1971, Pub. L. 92–204, title VII, §708, 85 Stat. 728.
Jan. 11, 1971, Pub. L. 91–668, title VIII, §808, 84 Stat. 2031.
Dec. 29, 1969, Pub. L. 91–171, title VI, §608, 83 Stat. 480.
Oct. 17, 1968, Pub. L. 90–580, title V, §507, 82 Stat. 1130.
Sept. 29, 1967, Pub. L. 90–96, title VI, §607, 81 Stat. 242.
Oct. 15, 1966, Pub. L. 89–687, title VI, §607, 80 Stat. 991.
Sept. 29, 1965, Pub. L. 89–213, title VI, §607, 79 Stat. 874.
Aug. 19, 1964, Pub. L. 88–446, title V, §507, 78 Stat. 475.
Oct. 17, 1963, Pub. L. 88–149, title V, §507, 77 Stat. 264.
Aug. 9, 1962, Pub. L. 87–577, title V, §507, 76 Stat. 328.
Aug. 17, 1961, Pub. L. 87–144, title VI, §607, 75 Stat. 376.
July 7, 1960, Pub. L. 86–601, title V, §507, 74 Stat. 350.
Aug. 18, 1959, Pub. L. 86–166, title V, §607, 73 Stat. 379.
Aug. 22, 1958, Pub. L. 85–724, title III, §301, title V, §501, 72 Stat. 713, 722.
Aug. 2, 1957, Pub. L. 85–117, title III, §301, title V, §501, 71 Stat. 313, 321.
July 2, 1956, ch. 488, title III, §301, title V, §501, 70 Stat. 456, 465.
July 13, 1955, ch. 358, title III, §301, title V, §501, 69 Stat. 303, 313.
June 30, 1954, ch. 432, title IV, §401, title VI, §601, 68 Stat. 339, 348.
Aug. 1, 1953, ch. 305, title III, §301, title V, §501, 67 Stat. 338, 348.
July 10, 1952, ch. 630, title III, §301, title V, §501, 66 Stat. 519, 530.
Oct. 18, 1951, ch. 512, title III, §301, title V, §501, 65 Stat. 426, 443.
Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, Ch. X, title III, §301, title V, §501, 64 Stat. 732, 750.
Oct. 29, 1949, ch. 787, title III, §301, title V, §501, 63 Stat. 991, 1015.
June 24, 1948, ch. 632, 62 Stat. 653.
July 30, 1947, ch. 357, title I, §1, 61 Stat. 555.
July 16, 1946, ch. 583, §1, 60 Stat. 546.
July 3, 1945, ch. 265, §1, 59 Stat. 389.
June 28, 1944, ch. 303, §1, 58 Stat. 578.
July 1, 1943, ch. 185, §1, 57 Stat. 352.
July 2, 1942, ch. 477, §1, 56 Stat. 615.
Effective Date
Section effective Oct. 1, 1985, see section 1404 of Pub. L. 98–525, set out as a note under section 520b of this title.