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[CITE: 28USC3011]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART VI--PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS
 
             CHAPTER 176--FEDERAL DEBT COLLECTION PROCEDURE
 
            SUBCHAPTER A--DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 3011. Assessment of surcharge on a debt

    (a) Surcharge Authorized.--In an action or proceeding under 
subchapter B or C, and subject to subsection (b), the United States is 
entitled to recover a surcharge of 10 percent of the amount of the debt 
in connection with the recovery of the debt, to cover the cost of 
processing and handling the litigation and enforcement under this 
chapter of the claim for such debt.
    (b) Limitation.--Subsection (a) shall not apply if--
        (1) the United States receives an attorney's fee in connection 
    with the enforcement of the claim; or
        (2) the law pursuant to which the action on the claim is based 
    provides any other amount to cover such costs.

(Added Pub. L. 101-647, title XXXVI, Sec. 3611, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 
4937.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 3002 of this title; title 12 
section 3768.
