---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 4.628"
title: "43"
number: "4.628"
heading: "How will I obtain payment of an award?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/4.628"
---

# §4.628. How will I obtain payment of an award?

- (a) To obtain payment of an award against the Department or other agency, you must submit:
  - (1) A copy of the final decision granting the award; and
  - (2) A certification that no party is seeking review of the underlying decision in the United States courts, or that the process for seeking review of the award has been completed.
- (b) If the award is against the Department:
  - (1) You must submit the material required by [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section to the following address:

    Director, Office of Financial Management, Policy, Management and Budget, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC 20240.

  - (2) Payment will be made by electronic funds transfer whenever possible. A representative of the Department will contact you for the information the Department needs to process the electronic funds transfer.
- (c) If the award is against another agency, you must submit the material required by [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section to the chief financial officer or other disbursing official of that agency. Agency counsel must promptly inform you of the title and address of the appropriate official.
- (d) The Department or other agency will pay the amount awarded to you within 60 days of receiving the material required by this section.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 504(c)(1).

### Source

Source: 71 FR 6366, Feb. 8, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 503-504; 25 U.S.C. 9, 372-74, 410, 2201 et seq.; 43 U.S.C. 1201, 1457; Pub. L. 99-264, 100 Stat. 61, as amended.

### Source

Source: 36 FR 7186, Apr. 15, 1971, unless otherwise noted.