# § 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.
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**Source Credit**: (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.)
### 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; , ; , ; , §§ 304, 305, ; , ).
Section consolidates , 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 , 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 , U.S.C., 1940 ed., were omitted as unnecessary.
Provisions of , U.S.C., 1940 ed., for payment of district court judgments are incorporated in .
Changes were made in phraseology.
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
2011—Subsec. (a). substituted “chapter 71 of title 41” for “the Contract Disputes Act of 1978”.
1996—Subsec. (a). substituted “Secretary of the Treasury” for “General Accounting Office”.
1992—Subsec. (a). substituted “United States Court of Federal Claims” for “United States Claims Court”.
1982—Subsec. (a). , substituted “United States Claims Court” for “Court of Claims”.
Subsec. (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”.
1978—Subsec. (a). , inserted Contract Disputes Act of 1978 exception.
Subsec. (b). , inserted provision relating to discharge of partial judgments.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date of 1992 Amendment
Amendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .
### Effective Date of 1982 Amendment
Amendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .
### Effective Date of 1978 Amendment
Amendment 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.