---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 617p"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
number: "617p"
heading: "Claims of United States; priority"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/617p"
units:
  - "Chapter 12A — Boulder Canyon Project"
  - "Subchapter I — Boulder Canyon Project Act"
---

# §617p. Claims of United States; priority


Except as provided in [title 11](/usc/11.md), claims of the United States arising out of any contract authorized by this subchapter shall have priority over all others, secured or unsecured.


## Source credit

(Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, § 17, 45 Stat. 1065; Pub. L. 95–598, title III, § 332, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2679.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1978—Pub. L. 95–598 inserted introductory phrase “Except as provided in title 11”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 95–598 effective Oct. 1, 1979, see section 402(a) of Pub. L. 95–598, set out as an Effective Dates note preceding section 101 of Title 11, Bankruptcy.