---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 31109"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "31109"
heading: "Payment of judgment or settlement"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/31109"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — Maritime Liability"
  - "Chapter 311 — Suits Involving Public Vessels"
---

# §31109. Payment of judgment or settlement


The proper accounting officer of the United States shall pay a final judgment, arbitration award, or settlement under this chapter on presentation of an authenticated copy. Payment shall be made from any money in the Treasury appropriated for the purpose.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 6(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1522.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 31109 | 46 App.:787. | Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 428, § 7, 43 Stat. 1113. |

Reference to an arbitration award is added for consistency with sections 30912 and 31108 of the revised title.