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31 U.S.C. 3902: Interest penalties

Created in 1983 by Public Law 97-452. Changed by 4 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

5 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 31 U.S.C. 3903, 31 U.S.C. 3905, 38 U.S.C. 1703D, 42 U.S.C. 1395h, 42 U.S.C. 1395u.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2011

    • Pub. L. 111–350 substituted "section 7109(a)(1) and (b) of title 41" for "section 12 of the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 611)". Law text · (a)

    1998

    • Pub. L. 105–362 substituted "The" for "Except as provided in section 3906 of this title, the". (Federal Reports Elimination Act of 1998) Law text · (b)

    1988

    • Pub. L. 100–496, §3(a)(1), substituted "The interest shall be computed at the rate of interest established by the Secretary of the Treasury, and published in the Federal Register, for interest payments under section 12 of the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 611), which is in e… · (a)
    • Pub. L. 100–496, §3(a)(2), struck out second sentence which read as follows: "However, a penalty may not be paid if payment for the item is made— · (b)
    • Pub. L. 100–496, §3(b), added subsecs. (c) and (d) and redesignated former subsecs. (c) to (e) as (e) to (g), respectively. · (c), (d), (e), (f), (g)
    • Pub. L. 100–496, §3(c), added subsec. (h). · (h)

    1984

    • Pub. L. 98–216 substituted "3903(2)" for "3903(2)(A)" in par. (1) and "3903(3)" for "3903(2)(B)" in par. (2). · (b)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.