31 U.S.C. § 5154

Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)
Section 5154 - State taxation

A State or a territory or possession of the United States may tax United States coins and currency (including Federal reserve notes and circulating notes of Federal reserve banks and national banks) as money on hand or on deposit in the same way and at the same rate that the State, territory, or possession taxes other forms of money. This section does not affect a law taxing national banks.

31 U.S.C. § 5154

Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 992; Pub. L. 97-452, §1(22), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2477.

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES 1982 ACT
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
515431:425, 426.Aug. 13, 1894, ch. 281, 28 Stat. 278.
The words "United States coins and currency (including Federal reserve notes and circulating notes of Federal reserve banks and national banks)" are substituted for "Circulating notes of national banking associations and United States legal tender notes and other notes and certificates of the United States payable on demand and circulating or intended to circulate as currency and gold, silver, or other coin" in 31:425 to eliminate unnecessary words and for consistency with section 5103 of the revised title.

1983 ACTThis restates 31:5154 to clarify the intent of the section. See 26 Cong. Rec. 7152, 7170 (1894).

EDITORIAL NOTES

AMENDMENTS1983- Pub. L. 97-452 substituted "other forms of money" for "United States coins and currency circulating within its jurisdiction".

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1983 AMENDMENT Amendment effective Sept. 13, 1982, see section 2(i) of Pub. L. 97-452 set out as a note under section 3331 of this title.