28 U.S.C. § 1494 — Accounts of officers, agents or contractors
submitted 78 years ago by ch. 646 to r/title-28-JUDICIARY-AND-JUDICIAL-PROCEDURE · 110 words · no verdicts yet
The Court of Federal Claims may decide unsettled accounts involving specified government officers, agents, contractors, guarantors, sureties, or representatives when the statutory waiting and no-lawsuit conditions are met.
The Court of Federal Claims may determine what the United States owes or is owed on an unsettled account of a United States officer, agent, contractor, guarantor, surety, or personal representative and enter judgment when (1) the claimant or represented person applied to the proper government department* for settlement; (2) 3 years passed after that application without settlement; and (3) the United States has not filed a suit on the same matter.
The United States Court of Federal Claims shall have jurisdiction to determine the amount, if any, due to or from the United States by reason of any unsettled account of any officer or agent of, or contractor with, the United States, or a guarantor, surety or personal representative of any such officer, agent or contractor, and to render judgment thereof,1 where—
claimant or the person he represents has applied to the proper department* of the Government for settlement of the account;
three years have elapsed from the date of such application without settlement; and
no suit upon the same has been brought by the United States.
Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 941; July 28, 1953, ch. 253, § 9, 67 Stat. 226; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, § 44(c), 68 Stat. 1242; Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 133(c)(1), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 40; Pub. L. 102–572, title IX, § 902(a)(1), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4516.)
- 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 646 · 62 Stat. 941
- 1953Amended · Act of July 28, 1953, ch. 253 · 67 Stat. 226
- 1954Amended · Act of Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263 · 68 Stat. 1242
- 1982Amended · Pub. L. 97-164 · 96 Stat. 40
- 1992Amended · Pub. L. 102-572 · 106 Stat. 4516
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 646 on 1948-06-25.
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