[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2233 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2233

 To amend section 3716 of title 31, United States Code, to reestablish 
 the period of limitations for claims of the United States that may be 
     collected by garnishing payments received from the Government.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 3, 2015

  Mr. Vitter introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend section 3716 of title 31, United States Code, to reestablish 
 the period of limitations for claims of the United States that may be 
     collected by garnishing payments received from the Government.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PERIOD OF LIMITATIONS FOR GARNISHMENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 3716(e)(1) of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ``no limitation on the period within which 
an offset may be initiated or taken pursuant to this section shall be 
effective'' and inserting ``this section shall not apply to a claim 
under this subchapter that has been outstanding for more than 10 
years''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to claims under subchapter II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States 
Code, arising before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act.
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