28 U.S.C. § 2517 Payment of Judgments

• Library: United States Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-21 (published on www.congress.gov on 11/13/2023)

(a) Except as provided by chapter 71 of title 41, every final judgment rendered by the United States Court of Federal Claims against the United States shall be paid out of any general appropriation therefor, on presentation to the Secretary of the Treasury of a certification of the judgment by the clerk and chief judge of the court.

(b) Payment of any such judgment and of interest thereon shall be a full discharge to the United States of all claims and demands arising out of the matters involved in the case or controversy, unless the judgment is designated a partial judgment, in which event only the matters described therein shall be discharged.

Cite as 28 U.S.C. § 2517

Source: June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 979; Pub. L. 95-563, §14(e), (f), Nov. 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 2390; Pub. L. 97-164, title I, §139(k), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 43; Pub. L. 102-572, title IX, §902(a)(1), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4516; Pub. L. 104-316, title II, §202(l), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3843; Pub. L. 111-350, §5(g)(11), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3848.

Notes from the Office of Law Revision Counsel

current through 5/22/2023

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES

Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §285, and sections 225, 228, of title 31, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Money and Finance, (R.S. §§236, 1089; Feb. 18, 1904, ch. 160, §1, 33 Stat. 41; Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, §178, 36 Stat. 1141; June 10, 1921, ch. 18, §§304, 305, 42 Stat. 24; Feb. 13, 1925, ch. 229, §3(c), 43 Stat. 939).

Section consolidates section 285 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., and sections 225 and 228 of title 31, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Money and Finance.

Words "chief judge" were substituted for "the chief justice, or, in his absence, by the presiding judge of said court" in section 225 of title 31, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Money and Finance, in conformity with chapter 7 of this title.

Words "or, on review, by the Supreme Court, where the same are affirmed in favor of the claimant" in section 225 of title 31, U.S.C., 1940 ed., were omitted as unnecessary.