---
kind: "unit"
title: "31"
title_heading: "Money and Finance"
key: "stIII/ch37/schII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter II"
heading: "Claims of the United States Government"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/31/stIII-ch37-schII"
sections_count: 15
---

# Subchapter II — Claims of the United States Government

Title 31 — Money and Finance › Subtitle III — Financial Management › Chapter 37 — Claims

## Sections

- [§3711. Collection and compromise](/usc/31/3711.md)
- [§3712. Time limitations for presenting certain claims of the Government](/usc/31/3712.md)
- [§3713. Priority of Government claims](/usc/31/3713.md)
- [§3714. Keeping money due States in default](/usc/31/3714.md)
- [§3715. Buying real property of a debtor](/usc/31/3715.md)
- [§3716. Administrative offset](/usc/31/3716.md)
- [§3717. Interest and penalty on claims](/usc/31/3717.md)
- [§3718. Contracts for collection services](/usc/31/3718.md)
- [§3719. Reports on debt collection activities](/usc/31/3719.md)
- [§3720. Collection of payments](/usc/31/3720.md)
- [§3720A. Reduction of tax refund by amount of debt](/usc/31/3720A.md)
- [§3720B. Barring delinquent Federal debtors from obtaining Federal loans or loan insurance guarantees](/usc/31/3720B.md)
- [§3720C. Debt Collection Improvement Account](/usc/31/3720C.md)
- [§3720D. Garnishment](/usc/31/3720D.md)
- [§3720E. Dissemination of information regarding identity of delinquent debtors](/usc/31/3720E.md)