28 U.S.C. § 2512

Disbursing officers; relief

Whenever the United States Court of Federal Claims finds that any loss by a disbursing officer of the United States was without his fault or negligence, it shall render a judgment setting forth the amount thereof, and the Government Accountability Office shall allow the officer such amount as a credit in the settlement of his accounts.

( June 25, 1948, ch. 646 , 62 Stat. 978 ; Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 139(j)(2) , Apr. 2, 1982 , 96 Stat. 43 ; Pub. L. 102–572, title IX, § 902(a)(1) , Oct. 29, 1992 , 106 Stat. 4516 ; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b) , July 7, 2004 , 118 Stat. 814 .)