The Judgment Fund : History, Administration, and Common Usage.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Budget--United States.

Budget.

United States.

Indians.

Trusts and trustees.

Judgments.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (19 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Provides history and overview of the Judgment Fund, which is a permanent, indefinite appropriation that was created by Congress in 1956 to pay judgments entered against the U.S. Outlines specific instances in which the Fund may be accessed, explains when costs other than the principal award may be paid, and discusses instances of when tribal judgment funds are implicated.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Apr. 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division. Judgment Fund

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.