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[CITE: 43USC617p]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
                   CHAPTER 12A--BOULDER CANYON PROJECT
 
                SUBCHAPTER I--BOULDER CANYON PROJECT ACT
 
Sec. 617p. Claims of United States; priority

    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.

(Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, Sec. 17, 45 Stat. 1065; Pub. L. 95-598, title 
III, Sec. 332, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2679.)


                               Amendments

    1978--Pub. L. 95-598 inserted introductory phrase ``Except as 
provided in title 11''.


                    Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

    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.
