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title: "31 U.S.C. § 3544"
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title_number: 31
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# 31 U.S.C. § 3544 - Rights and remedies of the United States Government reserved

## Text

This subchapter does not affect a right or remedy the United States Government has by law to recover a tax, debt, or demand.

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

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 354431:520.R.S. § 3638. The words “relating to distress warrants” and “take away or” are omitted as surplus.