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title: "31 U.S.C. § 9702"
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title_number: 31
title_name: "MONEY AND FINANCE"
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# 31 U.S.C. § 9702 - Investment of trust funds

## Text

Except as required by a treaty of the United States, amounts held in trust by the United States Government (including annual interest earned on the amounts)—

(1) shall be invested in Government obligations; and

(2) shall earn interest at an annual rate of at least 5 percent.

(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1052.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 970231:547a.R.S. § 3659. The section is substituted for 31:547a for clarity and consistency in the revised title.