43 U.S.C. § 617p

Claims of United States; priority

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

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