---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 U.S.C. § 3306"
title: "28"
title_heading: "Judiciary and Judicial Procedure"
number: "3306"
heading: "Remedies of the United States"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28/3306"
units:
  - "Part VI — Particular Proceedings"
  - "Chapter 176 — Federal Debt Collection Procedure"
  - "Subchapter D — Fraudulent Transfers Involving Debts"
---

# §3306. Remedies of the United States

- (a) **In General.—** In an action [or](/usc/28/3003.md?p=a-2) proceeding under this subchapter for relief against a transfer [or](/usc/28/3003.md?p=a-2) obligation, the [United States](/usc/28/3002.md?p=15), subject to [section 3307](/usc/28/3307.md) and to applicable principles of equity and in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, may obtain—
  - (1) avoidance of the transfer [or](/usc/28/3003.md?p=a-2) obligation to the extent necessary to satisfy the [debt](/usc/28/3002.md?p=3) to the [United States](/usc/28/3002.md?p=15);
  - (2) a remedy under this chapter against the [asset](/usc/28/3301.md?p=2) transferred [or](/usc/28/3003.md?p=a-2) other [property](/usc/28/3002.md?p=12) of the transferee; [or](/usc/28/3003.md?p=a-2)
  - (3) any other relief the circumstances may require.
- (b) **Limitation.—** A [claim](/usc/28/3301.md?p=3) for relief with respect to a fraudulent transfer [or](/usc/28/3003.md?p=a-2) obligation under this subchapter is extinguished unless action is brought—
  - (1) under [section 3304(b)(1)(A)](/usc/28/3304.md?p=b-1-A) within 6 years after the transfer was made [or](/usc/28/3003.md?p=a-2) the obligation was incurred [or](/usc/28/3003.md?p=a-2), if later, within 2 years after the transfer [or](/usc/28/3003.md?p=a-2) obligation was [or](/usc/28/3003.md?p=a-2) could reasonably have been discovered by the claimant;
  - (2) under subsection [(a)(1)](/usc/28/3304.md?p=a-1) or [(b)(1)(B)](/usc/28/3304.md?p=b-1-B) of section 3304 within 6 years after the transfer was made [or](/usc/28/3003.md?p=a-2) the obligation was incurred; [or](/usc/28/3003.md?p=a-2)
  - (3) under [section 3304(a)(2)](/usc/28/3304.md?p=a-2) within 2 years after the transfer was made [or](/usc/28/3003.md?p=a-2) the obligation was incurred.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 101–647, title XXXVI, § 3611, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4963.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, referred to in subsec. (a), are set out in the Appendix to this title.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 180 days after Nov. 29, 1990, and applicable with respect to certain actions for debts owed the United States pending in court on that effective date, see section 3631 of Pub. L. 101–647, set out as a note under section 3001 of this title.