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28 U.S.C. § 2507 — Calls and discovery
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**(a)** The United States Court of Federal Claims may call upon any department or agency of the United States or upon any party for any information or papers, not privileged, for purposes of discovery or for use as evidence. The head of any department or agency may refuse to comply with a call issued pursuant to this subsection when, in his opinion, compliance will be injurious to the public interest.
**(b)** Without limitation on account of anything contained in subsection (a) of this section, the court may, in accordance with its rules, provide additional means for the discovery of any relevant facts, books, papers, documents or tangible things, not privileged.
**(c)** The Court of Federal Claims may use all recorded and printed reports made by the committees of the Senate or House of Representatives.
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**(a)** The United States Court of Federal Claims may call upon any department or agency of the United States or upon any party for any information or papers, not privileged, for purposes of discovery or for use as evidence. The head of any department or agency may refuse to comply with a call issued pursuant to this subsection when, in his opinion, compliance will be injurious to the public interest.
**(b)** Without limitation on account of anything contained in subsection (a) of this section, the court may, in accordance with its rules, provide additional means for the discovery of any relevant facts, books, papers, documents or tangible things, not privileged.
**(c)** The Court of Federal Claims may use all recorded and printed reports made by the committees of the Senate or House of Representatives.
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Except as otherwise provided by Act of Congress, the district courts shall have original jurisdiction of all civil actions, suits or proceedings commenced by the United States, or by any agency or officer thereof expressly authorized to sue by Act of Congress.
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**(a)** The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, sixteen judges who shall constitute a court of record known as the United States Court of Federal Claims. The court is declared to be a court established under article I of the Constitution of the United States.
**(b)** The President shall designate one of the judges of the Court of Federal Claims who is less than seventy years of age to serve as chief judge. The chief judge may continue to serve as such until he reaches the age of seventy years or until another judge is designated as chief judge by the President. After the designation of another judge to serve as chief judge, the former chief judge may continue to serve as a judge of the court for the balance of the term to which appointed.
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TITLE 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
§ 2507
§ 2505. Trial before judges
Any judge of the United States Court of Fed-
eral Claims may sit at any place within the
United States to take evidence and enter judg-
ment.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 976; Sept. 3, 1954,
ch. 1263, § 54(a), (b), 68 Stat. 1246; Pub. L. 97–164,
title I, § 139(d), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 42; Pub. L.
102–572, title IX, § 902(a)(1), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat.
4516.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§ 275 and 275a (Mar.
3, 1911, ch. 231, § 167, 36 Stat. 1140; Feb. 24, 1925, ch. 301,
§ 2, 43 Stat. 965; June 23, 1930, ch. 573, § 1, 46 Stat. 799;
Oct. 16, 1941, ch. 443, 55 Stat. 741).
Changes were made in phraseology.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1992—Pub. L. 102–572 substituted ‘‘United States
Court of Federal Claims’’ for ‘‘United States Claims
Court’’.
1982—Pub. L. 97–164 substituted ‘‘United States
Claims Court’’ for ‘‘Court of Claims’’ and ‘‘enter judg-
ment’’ for ‘‘report findings’’.
1954—Act Sept. 3, 1954, substituted ‘‘Trial before
judges’’ for ‘‘Place of taking evidence’’ in section
catchline and repealed second par. relating to taking of
testimony.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1992 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 102–572 effective Oct. 29, 1992,
see section 911 of Pub. L. 102–572, set out as a note
under section 171 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1982 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 97–164 effective Oct. 1, 1982,
see section 402 of Pub. L. 97–164, set out as a note under
section 171 of this title.
§ 2506. Interest of witness
A witness in a suit in the United States Court
of Federal Claims shall not be exempt or dis-
qualified because he is a party to or interested
in such suit.
(Jun
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