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[CITE: 31USC3545]

 
                       TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
 
                   SUBTITLE III--FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
 
                  CHAPTER 35--ACCOUNTING AND COLLECTION
 
                        SUBCHAPTER IV--COLLECTION
 
Sec. 3545. Civil action to recover money

    The Attorney General shall bring a civil action to recover an amount 
due to the United States Government on settlement of the account of a 
person accountable for public money when the person neglects or refuses 
to pay the amount to the Treasury. Any commission of that person and 
interest of 6 percent a year from the time the money is received by the 
person until repaid to the Treasury shall be added to the amount due on 
the account. The commission is forfeited when judgment is obtained.

(Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 969.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised Section                   Source (U.S. Code)                
Source (Statutes at Large)
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3545.................................  31:505.                         R.S. Sec
.  3624.
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    The functions of the First Comptroller of the Treasury, referred to 
in Revised Statutes section 3624, were as a matter of law vested in the 
Solicitor of the Treasury by Revised Statutes sections 377 and 379 
(based on the Act of May 28, 1830, ch. 153, 45 Stat. 414). This function 
is now vested in the Attorney General. See 28:507 as enacted in 1948 and 
revision notes thereto and existing 28:519, 547, and 509. The words 
``bring a civil action'' are substituted for ``institute suit'' for 
consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United 
States Code. The word ``amount'' is substituted for ``sum or balance'' 
to eliminate unnecessary words. The words ``reported to be'' are omitted 
as surplus. The word ``settlement'' is substituted for ``adjustment'' 
for consistency. The words ``by the person'' are added for clarity. The 
words ``stated to be'', ``in every instance where suit is commenced and 
. . . thereon'', and ``it shall be'' are omitted as surplus.
