§ 22781 Bond Payment Requirements

• •The bonds must be paid back with real U.S. money.
• •Both the original amount borrowed and the extra money (interest) must be paid in U.S. dollars.
• •No other type of payment (like goods or foreign money) is allowed.

If the government borrows money by selling bonds to build a school.

They have to pay back the money they borrowed, plus extra (interest), using U.S. dollars. They can't pay with something else, like gold or another country's money.