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legal/us/code/title-46/chapter-311/section-31109.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "46 U.S.C. § 31109"
+description: "Payment of judgment or settlement"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 46
+title_name: "SHIPPING"
+chapter_number: "311"
+chapter_name: "SUITS INVOLVING PUBLIC VESSELS"
+section: "31109"
+citation: "46 U.S.C. § 31109"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc46@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s31109"
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+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 46 U.S.C. § 31109 - Payment of judgment or settlement
+
+## Text
+
+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.
+
+(Pub. L. 109–304, § 6(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1522.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 3110946 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.