28 U.S.C. § 2512
Disbursing officers; relief
United States · Title 28 — JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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- 28 U.S.C. § 2512, Disbursing officers; relief, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/465545
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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 Government Accountability Office shall allow the officer such amount as a credit in the settlement of his accounts.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1981House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Federal Courts Administration Act of 1992House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2004House: 382–43Senate: no recorded tally