Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 28 : Section 2517


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 2517. Payment of judgments

      (a) Except as provided by the Contract Disputes Act of 1978,
    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.



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