US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

28 U.S.C. § 2517

Payment of judgments

(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.

June 25, 1948, ch. 64662 Stat. 979Pub. L. 95–563, § 14(e)92 Stat. 2390Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 139(k)96 Stat. 43Pub. L. 102–572, title IX, § 902(a)(1)106 Stat. 4516Pub. L. 104–316, title II, § 202l110 Stat. 3843Pub. L. 111–350, § 5(g)(11)124 Stat. 3848(, ; , (f), , ; , , ; , , ; (), , ; , , .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Feb. 18, 1904, ch. 160, § 133 Stat. 41Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 17836 Stat. 1141June 10, 1921, ch. 1842 Stat. 24Feb. 13, 1925, ch. 229, § 3(c)43 Stat. 939Based 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; , ; , ; , §§ 304, 305, ; , ).

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

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

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

section 228 of title 31section 2414 of this titleProvisions of , U.S.C., 1940 ed., for payment of district court judgments are incorporated in .

Changes were made in phraseology.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Pub. L. 111–3502011—Subsec. (a). substituted “chapter 71 of title 41” for “the Contract Disputes Act of 1978”.

Pub. L. 104–3161996—Subsec. (a). substituted “Secretary of the Treasury” for “General Accounting Office”.

Pub. L. 102–5721992—Subsec. (a). substituted “United States Court of Federal Claims” for “United States Claims Court”.

Pub. L. 97–164, § 139(k)(1)1982—Subsec. (a). , substituted “United States Claims Court” for “Court of Claims”.

Pub. L. 97–164, § 139(k)(2)Pub. L. 95–563Subsec. (b). , struck out the comma after “shall be discharged” thereby correcting a technical error in the directory language in which placed both a comma and a period after “shall be discharged”.

Pub. L. 95–563, § 14(e)1978—Subsec. (a). , inserted Contract Disputes Act of 1978 exception.

Pub. L. 95–563, § 14(f)Subsec. (b). , inserted provision relating to discharge of partial judgments.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1992 Amendment

Pub. L. 102–572section 911 of Pub. L. 102–572section 171 of this titleAmendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .

Effective Date of 1982 Amendment

Pub. L. 97–164section 402 of Pub. L. 97–164section 171 of this titleAmendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .

Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

Pub. L. 95–563section 16 of Pub. L. 95–56392 Stat. 2391Amendment by effective with respect to contracts entered into 120 days after , and, at the election of the contractor, with respect to any claim pending at such time before the contracting officer or initiated thereafter, see , , , formerly set out as an Effective Date note under section 601 of former Title 41, Public Contracts.