---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 U.S.C. § 3306"
title: "28"
title_heading: "Judiciary and Judicial Procedure"
number: "3306"
heading: "Remedies of the United States"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28/3306"
units:
  - "Part VI — Particular Proceedings"
  - "Chapter 176 — Federal Debt Collection Procedure"
  - "Subchapter D — Fraudulent Transfers Involving Debts"
---

# §3306. Remedies of the United States

- (a) **In General.—** In an action or proceeding under this subchapter for relief against a transfer or obligation, the [United States](/usc/28/3002.md?p=15), subject to [section 3307](/usc/28/3307.md) and to applicable principles of equity and in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, may obtain—
  - (1) avoidance of the transfer or obligation to the extent necessary to satisfy the [debt](/usc/28/3002.md?p=3) to the [United States](/usc/28/3002.md?p=15);
  - (2) a remedy under this chapter against the [asset](/usc/28/3301.md?p=2) transferred or other [property](/usc/28/3002.md?p=12) of the transferee; or
  - (3) any other relief the circumstances may require.
- (b) **Limitation.—** A [claim](/usc/28/3301.md?p=3) for relief with respect to a fraudulent transfer or obligation under this subchapter is extinguished unless action is brought—
  - (1) under [section 3304(b)(1)(A)](/usc/28/3304.md?p=b-1-A) within 6 years after the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred or, if later, within 2 years after the transfer or obligation was or could reasonably have been discovered by the claimant;
  - (2) under subsection [(a)(1)](/usc/28/3304.md?p=a-1) or [(b)(1)(B)](/usc/28/3304.md?p=b-1-B) of section 3304 within 6 years after the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred; or
  - (3) under [section 3304(a)(2)](/usc/28/3304.md?p=a-2) within 2 years after the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 101–647, title XXXVI, § 3611, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4963.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, referred to in subsec. (a), are set out in the Appendix to this title.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 180 days after Nov. 29, 1990, and applicable with respect to certain actions for debts owed the United States pending in court on that effective date, see section 3631 of Pub. L. 101–647, set out as a note under section 3001 of this title.