28 U.S.C. § 2516

Interest on claims and judgments

(a)

Interest on a claim against the United States shall be allowed in a judgment of the United States Court of Federal Claims only under a contract or Act of Congress expressly providing for payment thereof.

(b)

Interest on a judgment against the United States affirmed by the Supreme Court after review on petition of the United States is paid at a rate equal to the weekly average 1-year constant maturity Treasury yield, as published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, for the calendar week preceding the date of the judgment.

( June 25, 1948, ch. 646 , 62 Stat. 978 ; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, § 57 , 68 Stat. 1248 ; Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 139(j)(2) , title III, § 302(d), Apr. 2, 1982 , 96 Stat. 43 , 56; Pub. L. 97–258, § 2(g)(5) , (m)(3), Sept. 13, 1982 , 96 Stat. 1061 , 1062; Pub. L. 102–572, title IX, § 902(a)(1) , Oct. 29, 1992 , 106 Stat. 4516 ; Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(7) [title III, § 307(d)(2)] , Dec. 21, 2000 , 114 Stat. 2763 , 2763A–636.)