Opinion ID: 773879
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Heading: Prompt Payment Act

Text: 43 Demontiney contends that the Prompt Payment Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3901 et seq., gives subject matter jurisdiction here. We disagree. The Prompt Payment Act is not an independent basis of jurisdiction. It provides for the payment of interest by the government on its debts. The district court correctly concluded that the Prompt Payment Act only applies in situations, not present here, where payment and amount of payment are not in dispute. L & A Jackson Enters. v. United States, 38 Fed. Cl. 22, 44-45 (1997), aff'd sub nom. Jackson v. United States, 135 F.3d 776 (Fed. Cir. 1998). The Prompt Payment Act does not provide Demontiney with subject matter jurisdiction for his contract claims.