§ 612. — Payment of claims.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 41USC612]
TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS
CHAPTER 9--CONTRACT DISPUTES
Sec. 612. Payment of claims
(a) Judgments
Any judgment against the United States on a claim under this chapter
shall be paid promptly in accordance with the procedures provided by
section 1304 of title 31.
(b) Monetary awards
Any monetary award to a contractor by an agency board of contract
appeals shall be paid promptly in accordance with the procedures
contained in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Reimbursement
Payments made pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this section
shall be reimbursed to the fund provided by section 1304 of title 31 by
the agency whose appropriations were used for the contract out of
available funds or by obtaining additional appropriations for such
purposes.
(d) Tennessee Valley Authority
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) through (c) of
this section, any judgment against the Tennessee Valley Authority on a
claim under this chapter shall be paid promptly in accordance with the
provisions of section 831h(b) of title 16.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) through (c),
any monetary award to a contractor by the board of contract appeals for
the Tennessee Valley Authority shall be paid in accordance with the
provisions of section 831h(b) of title 16.
(Pub. L. 95-563, Sec. 13, Nov. 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 2389; Pub. L. 104-106,
div. D, title XLIII, Sec. 4322(b)(7), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 677.)
Amendments
1996--Subsecs. (a), (c). Pub. L. 104-106 substituted ``section 1304
of title 31'' for ``section 1302 of the Act of July 27, 1956, (70 Stat.
694, as amended; 31 U.S.C. 724a)''.
Effective Date of 1996 Amendment
For effective date and applicability of amendment by Pub. L. 104-
106, see section 4401 of Pub. L. 104-106, set out as a note under
section 251 of this title.
