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Title 31 — Money and Finance

Chapter 31 — Public Debt

§ 3111. New issue used to buy, redeem, or refund outstanding obligations

Statutory text

An obligation may be issued under this chapter to buy, redeem, or refund, at or before maturity, outstanding bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness, Treasury bills, or savings certificates of the United States Government. Under regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury, money received from the sale of an obligation and other money in the general fund of the Treasury may be used in making the purchases, redemptions, or refunds.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 97–258 · 96 Stat. 942

    Enacted · 31 U.S.C. § 3111

    (Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 942.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 942.)

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Notes

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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
311131:754a.Sept. 24, 1917, ch. 56, 40 Stat. 288, § 19; added Jan. 30, 1934, ch. 6, § 14(a)(4), 48 Stat. 343; restated Mar. 28, 1942, ch. 205, § 4, 56 Stat. 189.

The words “regulations of” are substituted for “rules, regulations, terms, and conditions . . . may prescribe” to eliminate unnecessary words.

Credits

(Pub. L. 97–258, , 96 Stat. 942.)

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