31-U.S.C.-9301

§9301 – Definitions

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Title 31 > Subtitle VI > Chapter 93 > Section 9301

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• Reference: Section 9301
• Legend: §9301 – Definitions
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

In this chapter—

(1) person means an individual, a trust, an estate, a partnership, and a corporation.

(2) eligible obligation means any security designated as acceptable in lieu of a surety bond by the Secretary of the Treasury.

(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1046; Pub. L. 109–351, title IX, §901(a), Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 2007.)

In clause (1), the words after the semicolon are omitted as unnecessary because of the restatement.

Clause (2) is substituted for 6:15(last sentence) for consistency and to eliminate unnecessary words.

Amendments

2006—Par. (2). Pub. L. 109–351 amended par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows:  ’Government obligation’ means a public debt obligation of the United States Government and an obligation whose principal and interest is unconditionally guaranteed by the Government.

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