The last sentence of section 3109 of title 5, referred to in subsec. (a), probably means the last sentence of section 3109 (b) of title 5, which was the last sentence of that section when the reference was enacted. Since then, section 3109 of title 5 has been amended to add subsecs. (c) to (e) at the end.

In subsec. (b), “section 1342 of title 31” substituted for “section 3679(b) of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 665 (b))” on authority of Pub. L. 97–258, § 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.

1975—Pub. L. 94–52 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).