22 USC 1645i - Award payment procedures

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 11, 2026

§ 1645i.

Award payment procedures

(a)

Certification of amounts

(b)

Priority of payments

(1)

(A)

Payment in the amount of $2,500 or the principal amount of the award, whichever is less.

(B)

Thereafter, payments from time to time, in ratable proportions, on account of the unpaid balance of the principal amounts of all awards according to the proportions which the unpaid balance of such awards bear to the total amount in the Claims Fund available for distribution at the time such payments are made.

(2)

After payment has been made in full of the principal amounts of all awards pursuant to paragraph (1), pro rata payments may be made on account of any interest that may be allowed on such awards.

(c)

Regulations

(Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title VII, § 710, as added Pub. L. 96–606, Dec. 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 3537.)

cite as: 22 USC 1645i