Notes on 28 U.S.C. § 2511 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 28 U.S.C. § 2511 : US Code - Notes

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 977; July 28, 1953, ch. 253, Sec.
12, 67 Stat. 227; Pub. L. 97-164, title I, Sec. 139(j), Apr. 2,
1982, 96 Stat. 43; Pub. L. 102-572, title IX, Sec. 902(a)(1), Oct.
29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4516.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 287 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch.
231, Sec. 180, 36 Stat. 1141; Feb. 13, 1925, ch. 229, Sec. 3, 43
Stat. 939).
Words "The Attorney General shall represent the United States at
the hearing of said cause" were omitted as covered by sections 309
and 310 of title 5, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Executive Departments and
Government Officers and Employees.
Jurisdiction provisions of section 287 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940
ed., appear in section 1494 of this title.
A provision for continuances was omitted as unnecessary, in view
of the inherent power of the court to grant continuances in any
suit.
A provision in section 287 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., that
section 274 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., should apply to cases
under such section 287 was omitted as covered by section 2504 of
this title.
Changes were made in phraseology.
AMENDMENTS
1992 - Pub. L. 102-572 substituted "United States Court of
Federal Claims" for "United States Claims Court".
1982 - Pub. L. 97-164 substituted "The judgment of the United
States Claims Court in such suit shall be conclusive" for "The
judgment of the Court of Claims in such suit, or of the Supreme
Court upon review, shall be conclusive".
1953 - Act July 28, 1953, inserted "to the Comptroller General,"
in first par., struck out third par. which provided for accrual to
the United States of a right of action upon the judgment, with a
limitation period extending to three years after judgment, and
inserted provisions for filing and recording the transcript of such
judgment in the clerk's office of any district court and for
enforcement thereof.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1992 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 102-572 effective Oct. 29, 1992, see section
911 of Pub. L. 102-572, set out as a note under section 171 of this
title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1982 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 97-164 effective Oct. 1, 1982, see section
402 of Pub. L. 97-164, set out as a note under section 171 of this
title.