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Title 43 — Public Lands

Chapter 12A — Boulder Canyon Project

§ 617p. Claims of United States; priority

Statutory text

Except as provided in title 11, claims of the United States arising out of any contract authorized by this subchapter shall have priority over all others, secured or unsecured.

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. 70–42 § 17 · 45 Stat. 61

    Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 617p

    Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, § 17, 45 Stat. 1065

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, § 17, 45 Stat. 1065

  2. Pub. L. 95–598 title III § 332 · 92 Stat. 2549

    Inserted · 43 U.S.C. § 617p

    Pub. L. 95–598 inserted introductory phrase “Except as provided in title 11”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 95–598 inserted introductory phrase “Except as provided in title 11”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 332. Section 17 of the Boulder Canyon Project Act (43 U.S.C. 617p) is amended by striking out “Claims” and inserting “Except as provided in title 11 of the United States Code, claims” in lieu thereof.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 95–598 effective Oct. 1, 1979, see section 402(a) of Pub. L. 95–598, set out as an Effective Dates note preceding section 101 of Title 11, Bankruptcy.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1978—Pub. L. 95–598 inserted introductory phrase “Except as provided in title 11”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 95–598 effective , see section 402(a) of Pub. L. 95–598, set out as an Effective Dates note preceding section 101 of Title 11, Bankruptcy.

Credits

1928–1978 · 2 acts
  1. 1928Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, § 17, 45 Stat. 1065
  2. 1978Pub. L. 95–598, title III, § 332, , 92 Stat. 2679.
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(Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, § 17, 45 Stat. 1065; Pub. L. 95–598, title III, § 332, , 92 Stat. 2679.)

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