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[CITE: 28USC2511]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART VI--PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS
 
      CHAPTER 165--UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS PROCEDURE
 
Sec. 2511. Accounts of officers, agents or contractors

    Notice of suit under section 1494 of this title shall be given to 
the Attorney General, to the Comptroller General, and to the head of the 
department requested to settle the account in question.
    The judgment of the United States Court of Federal Claims in such 
suit shall be conclusive upon the parties, and payment of the amount 
found due shall discharge the obligation.
    The transcript of such judgment, filed in the clerk's office of any 
district court, shall be entered upon the records, and shall be 
enforceable as other judgments.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 977; July 28, 1953, ch. 253, Sec. 12, 
67 Stat. 227; Pub. L. 97-164, title I, Sec. 139(j), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 
Stat. 43; Pub. L. 102-572, title IX, Sec. 902(a)(1), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 
Stat. 4516.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 287 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 
231, Sec. 180, 36 Stat. 1141; Feb. 13, 1925, ch. 229, Sec. 3, 43 Stat. 
939).
    Words ``The Attorney General shall represent the United States at 
the hearing of said cause'' were omitted as covered by sections 309 and 
310 of title 5, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Executive Departments and Government 
Officers and Employees.
    Jurisdiction provisions of section 287 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 
ed., appear in section 1494 of this title.
    A provision for continuances was omitted as unnecessary, in view of 
the inherent power of the court to grant continuances in any suit.
    A provision in section 287 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., that 
section 274 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., should apply to cases under 
such section 287 was omitted as covered by section 2504 of this title.
    Changes were made in phraseology.


                               Amendments

    1992--Pub. L. 102-572 substituted ``United States Court of Federal 
Claims'' for ``United States Claims Court''.
    1982--Pub. L. 97-164 substituted ``The judgment of the United States 
Claims Court in such suit shall be conclusive'' for ``The judgment of 
the Court of Claims in such suit, or of the Supreme Court upon review, 
shall be conclusive''.
    1953--Act July 28, 1953, inserted ``to the Comptroller General,'' in 
first par., struck out third par. which provided for accrual to the 
United States of a right of action upon the judgment, with a limitation 
period extending to three years after judgment, and inserted provisions 
for filing and recording the transcript of such judgment in the clerk's 
office of any district court and for enforcement thereof.


                    Effective Date of 1992 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 102-572 effective Oct. 29, 1992, see section 
911 of Pub. L. 102-572, set out as a note under section 171 of this 
title.


                    Effective Date of 1982 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 97-164 effective Oct. 1, 1982, see section 402 
of Pub. L. 97-164, set out as a note under section 171 of this title.
