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[CITE: 28USC3001]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART VI--PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS
 
             CHAPTER 176--FEDERAL DEBT COLLECTION PROCEDURE
 
            SUBCHAPTER A--DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 3001. Applicability of chapter

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the \1\ 
chapter provides the exclusive civil procedures for the United States--
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be ``this''.
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        (1) to recover a judgment on a debt; or
        (2) to obtain, before judgment on a claim for a debt, a remedy 
    in connection with such claim.

    (b) Limitation.--To the extent that another Federal law specifies 
procedures for recovering on a claim or a judgment for a debt arising 
under such law, those procedures shall apply to such claim or judgment 
to the extent those procedures are inconsistent with this chapter.
    (c) Amounts Owing Other Than Debts.--This chapter shall not apply 
with respect to an amount owing that is not a debt or to a claim for an 
amount owing that is not a debt.

(Added Pub. L. 101-647, title XXXVI, Sec. 3611, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 
4933.)


                             Effective Date

    Section 3631 of title XXXVI of Pub. L. 101-647 provided that:
    ``(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act [probably 
should be ``title'', meaning title XXXVI of Pub. L. 101-647, which 
enacted this chapter and section 2044 of this title, amended sections 
550, 1962, 1963, and 2410 of this title, section 523 of Title 11, 
Bankruptcy, and sections 3142 and 3552 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal 
Procedure, and enacted provisions set out as a note under section 1 of 
this title] and the amendments made by this Act [title] shall take 
effect 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 29, 
1990].
    ``(b)(1) The amendments made by title I of this Act [probably should 
be ``subtitle A of this title'', meaning subtitle A (Secs. 3611, 3302 
[3612]) of title XXXVI of Pub. L. 101-647, which enacted this chapter] 
shall apply with respect to actions pending on the effective date of 
this Act [probably should be title XXXVI of Pub. L. 101-647] in any 
court on--
        ``(A) a claim for a debt; or
        ``(B) a judgment for a debt.
    ``(2) All notices, writs, orders, and judgments in effect in such 
actions shall continue in effect until superseded or modified in an 
action under chapter 176 of title 28 of the United States Code, as added 
by title I of this Act [subtitle A of this title].
    ``(3) For purposes of this subsection--
        ``(A) the term `court' means a Federal, State, or local court, 
    and
        ``(B) the term `debt' has the meaning given such term in section 
    and [sic] 3002(3) of such chapter.''
