{"data":{"id":"us/31-cfr-256.10","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"31 CFR 256.10","heading":"Who may request payment from the Judgment Fund?","body":"(a) Court judgments and settlements of litigation. The Department of Justice must normally submit the request for payment from the Judgment Fund. Agencies that have independent litigating authority may submit a request for payment themselves if the Department of Justice is not responsible for the case.\n(b) Administrative awards. The program agency that is authorized to approve the award must submit the request for payment.","path":["Title 31—Money and Finance: Treasury","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Money and Finance","CHAPTER II—FISCAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","SUBCHAPTER A—BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE","PART 256—OBTAINING PAYMENTS FROM THE JUDGMENT FUND AND UNDER PRIVATE RELIEF BILLS","Subpart B—Requesting Payments"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-31.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:25Z","sha256":"2b52774e407780c0112ea255f47723e162edc9e1931879f3697c09aa0a00e446","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/31-cfr-256.2","next":"us/31-cfr-256.11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}