§ 2501.
Every claim of which the United States Court of Federal Claims has jurisdiction shall be barred unless the petition thereon is filed within six years after such claim first accrues.
Every claim under section 1497 of this title shall be barred unless the petition thereon is filed within two years after the termination of the river and harbor improvements operations on which the claim is based.
A petition on the claim of a person under legal disability or beyond the seas at the time the claim accrues may be filed within three years after the disability ceases.
([June 25, 1948, ch. 646], [62 Stat. 976]; [Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, § 52], [68 Stat. 1246]; [Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 139(a)], Apr. 2, 1982, [96 Stat. 42]; [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].)