---
kind: "section"
citation: "41 U.S.C. § 7108"
title: "41"
title_heading: "Public Contracts"
number: "7108"
heading: "Payment of claims"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/41/7108"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — Contract Disputes"
  - "Chapter 71 — Contract Disputes"
---

# §7108. Payment of claims

- (a) **Judgments.—** Any judgment against the Federal Government on a claim under this chapter shall be paid promptly in accordance with the procedures provided by [section 1304 of title 31](/usc/31/1304.md).
- (b) **Monetary Awards.—** Any monetary award to a [contractor](/usc/41/7101.md?p=7) by an [agency board](/usc/41/7101.md?p=2) shall be paid promptly in accordance with the procedures contained in [subsection (a)](#a).
- (c) **Reimbursement.—** Payments made pursuant to subsections [(a)](#a) and [(b)](#b) shall be reimbursed to the fund provided by [section 1304 of title 31](/usc/31/1304.md) by the agency whose appropriations were used for the contract out of available amounts or by obtaining additional appropriations for purposes of reimbursement.
- (d) **Tennessee Valley Authority.—**
  - (1) **Judgments.—** Notwithstanding subsections [(a)](#a) to [(c)](#c), any judgment against the Tennessee Valley Authority on a claim under this chapter shall be paid promptly in accordance with section 9(b) of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 ([16 U.S.C. 831h(b)](/usc/16/831h.md?p=b)).
  - (2) **Monetary awards.—** Notwithstanding subsections [(a)](#a) to [(c)](#c), any monetary award to a [contractor](/usc/41/7101.md?p=7) by the board of contract appeals of the Tennessee Valley Authority shall be paid in accordance with section 9(b) of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 ([16 U.S.C. 831h(b)](/usc/16/831h.md?p=b)).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 111–350, § 3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3825.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 7108 | 41:612. | Pub. L. 95–563, § 13, Nov. 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 2389; Pub. L. 104–106, div. D, title XLIII, § 4322(b)(7), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 677. |