2014 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare (Sections 1 - 18445)
Chapter 12 - Compensation for Injury, Death, or Detention of Employees of Contractors With United States Outside United States (Sections 1701 - 1717)
Subchapter II - Miscellaneous Provisions (Sections 1711 - 1717)
Sec. 1717 - Assignment of benefits; execution, levy, etc., against benefits

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 12 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY, DEATH, OR DETENTION OF EMPLOYEES OF CONTRACTORS WITH UNITED STATES OUTSIDE UNITED STATES
SUBCHAPTER II - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 1717 - Assignment of benefits; execution, levy, etc., against benefits
Containssection 1717
Date2014
Laws In Effect As Of DateJanuary 5, 2015
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditDec. 2, 1942, ch. 668, title II, §207, 56 Stat. 1035.
Statutes at Large Reference56 Stat. 1035

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42 U.S.C. § 1717 (2014)
§1717. Assignment of benefits; execution, levy, etc., against benefits

The right of any person to any benefit under subchapter I of this chapter shall not be transferable or assignable at law or in equity except to the United States, and none of the moneys paid or payable (except money paid hereunder as reimbursement for funeral expenses or as reimbursement with respect to payments of workmen's compensation or in the nature of workmen's compensation benefits), or rights existing under said subchapter, shall be subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal process or to the operation of any bankruptcy or insolvency law.

(Dec. 2, 1942, ch. 668, title II, §207, 56 Stat. 1035.)

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