---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 U.S.C. § 3906"
title: "28"
title_heading: "Judiciary and Judicial Procedure"
number: "3906"
heading: "Payments"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28/3906"
units:
  - "Part VI — Particular Proceedings"
  - "Chapter 179 — Judicial Review of Certain Actions by Presidential Offices"
---

# §3906. Payments


A [judgment](/usc/28/3002.md?p=8), award, or compromise settlement against the [United States](/usc/28/3002.md?p=15) under this chapter (including any interest and costs) shall be paid—

- (1) under [section 1304 of title 31](/usc/31/1304.md), if it arises out of an action commenced in a district [court](/usc/28/3002.md?p=2) of the [United States](/usc/28/3002.md?p=15) (or any appeal therefrom); or
- (2) out of amounts otherwise appropriated or available to the office involved, if it arises out of an appeal from an administrative proceeding under chapter 5 of title 3.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 104–331, § 3(c), Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4071.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1997, see section 3(d) of Pub. L. 104–331, set out as a note under section 1296 of this title.