Common use of Authentication of Obligations and Guarantees Clause in Contracts

Authentication of Obligations and Guarantees. No Obligation or the Guarantee of the United States thereon shall be valid unless such Obligation shall bear thereon an authentication certificate, executed by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Authorization Agreement. A duly executed authentication certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the only competent evidence, that such Obligation and such Guarantee have been duly executed, authenticated and delivered hereunder.

Authentication of Obligations and Guarantees. No Obligation or the Guarantee of the United States thereon shall be valid unless such Obligation shall bear thereon an authentication certificate, manually executed by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Authorization Agreement, substantially in the form or forms referred to in Section 2.02(b). A duly executed Such authentication certificate certificate, so executed, on any Obligation shall be conclusive evidence, and the only competent evidence, that such Obligation and such Guarantee have been duly executed, authenticated and delivered hereunder.