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.

Indians.

Judgments.

Trusts and trustees.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2012

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:

CRS Report

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

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Other Format:

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

Publisher Number:

CRS-2012-AML-0284

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license