31-U.S.C.-3545

§3545 – Civil Action to Recover Money

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Title 31 > Subtitle III > Chapter 35 > Subchapter IV > Section 3545

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• Reference: Section 3545
• Legend: §3545 – Civil Action to Recover Money
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

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.)

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.

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