Federal · Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works
40 U.S.C. § 17306: Agreements of indemnity
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In this section, the term “Federal Government” includes wholly owned Government corporations, and officers and employees of the Government or its executive departments, independent establishments, and agencies while acting in their official capacity. received by the Government or an agent of the Government in the agent’s official capacity; and which, after having been received, is lost, destroyed, or so mutilated as to impair its value. The Government is not obligated under an agreement of indemnity if the obligee named in the agreement makes a payment or delivery not required by law on the original of the instrument or document covered by the agreement. The fund described in section 17303 of this title is available to pay any obligation arising out of an agreement the Secretary makes under this section.
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