28 USC § 3906 - Payments

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title: "28 USC § 3906 - Payments"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "3906"
section_name: "Payments"
chapter_number: 179
chapter_name: "JUDICIAL REVIEW OF CERTAIN ACTIONS BY PRESIDENTIAL OFFICES"
part_number: "VI"
part_name: "PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 104–331, § 3(c), Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4071.)"
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# § 3906. Payments

A judgment, award, or compromise settlement against the United States under this chapter (including any interest and costs) shall be paid—

**(1)** under section 1304 of title 31, if it arises out of an action commenced in a district court of the United States (or any appeal therefrom); or

**(2)** out of amounts otherwise appropriated or available to the office involved, if it arises out of an appeal from an administrative proceeding under chapter 5 of title 3.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 104–331, § 3(c), Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4071.)

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