{"data":{"id":"us/28-u.s.c.-2516","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"28 U.S.C. § 2516","heading":"Interest on claims and judgments","body":"(a) Interest on a claim against the United States shall be allowed in a judgment of the United States Court of Federal Claims only under a contract or Act of Congress expressly providing for payment thereof. (b) Interest on a judgment against the United States affirmed by the Supreme Court after review on petition of the United States is paid at a rate equal to the weekly average 1-year constant maturity Treasury yield, as published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, for the calendar week preceding the date of the judgment.","path":["Title 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 165—UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS PROCEDURE"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc28@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:58:31Z","sha256":"4940f695773852b66e00f834ff53083721da39054a7ff66c080c355919802c53","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/28-u.s.c.-2515","next":"us/28-u.s.c.-2517"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}