43 USC § 617p - Claims of United States; priority

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title: "43 USC § 617p - Claims of United States; priority"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "617p"
section_name: "Claims of United States; priority"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "BOULDER CANYON PROJECT"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "BOULDER CANYON PROJECT ACT"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, § 17, 45 Stat. 1065; Pub. L. 95–598, title III, § 332, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2679.)"
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# § 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.

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**Source Credit**: (Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, § 17, 45 Stat. 1065; Pub. L. 95–598, title III, § 332, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2679.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1978— inserted introductory phrase “Except as provided in title 11”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as an Effective Dates note preceding , Bankruptcy.