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[CITE: 28USC2512]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART VI--PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS
 
      CHAPTER 165--UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS PROCEDURE
 
Sec. 2512. Disbursing officers; relief

    Whenever the United States Court of Federal Claims finds that any 
loss by a disbursing officer of the United States was without his fault 
or negligence, it shall render a judgment setting forth the amount 
thereof, and the General Accounting Office shall allow the officer such 
amount as a credit in the settlement of his accounts.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 978; Pub. L. 97-164, title I, 
Sec. 139(j)(2), 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. 253 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 
231, Sec. 147, 36 Stat. 1137; June 10, 1921, ch. 18, Sec. 304, 42 Stat. 
24).
    Words ``paymaster, quartermaster, commissary of subsistence, or 
other'' were omitted as covered by words ``disbursing officer of the 
United States''. (See reviser's note under section 1496 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 ``United States Claims Court'' for 
``Court of Claims''.


                    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.
