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[CITE: 28USC2341]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART VI--PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS
 
             CHAPTER 158--ORDERS OF FEDERAL AGENCIES; REVIEW
 
Sec. 2341. Definitions

    As used in this chapter--
        (1) ``clerk'' means the clerk of the court in which the petition 
    for the review of an order, reviewable under this chapter, is filed;
        (2) ``petitioner'' means the party or parties by whom a petition 
    to review an order, reviewable under this chapter, is filed; and
        (3) ``agency'' means--
            (A) the Commission, when the order sought to be reviewed was 
        entered by the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal 
        Maritime Commission, or the Atomic Energy Commission, as the 
        case may be;
            (B) the Secretary, when the order was entered by the 
        Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of Transportation;
            (C) the Administration, when the order was entered by the 
        Maritime Administration;
            (D) the Secretary, when the order is under section 812 of 
        the Fair Housing Act; and
            (E) the Board, when the order was entered by the Surface 
        Transportation Board.

(Added Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 4(e), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 622; amended 
Pub. L. 93-584, Sec. 3, Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1917; Pub. L. 100-430, 
Sec. 11(b), Sept. 13, 1988, 102 Stat. 1635; Pub. L. 102-365, 
Sec. 5(c)(1), Sept. 3, 1992, 106 Stat. 975; Pub. L. 104-88, title III, 
Sec. 305(d)(1)-(4), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 945.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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                                                   Revised Statutes and
      Derivation               U.S. Code             Statutes at Large
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                       5 U.S.C. 1031.             Dec. 29, 1950, ch.
                                                   1189, Sec.  1, 64
                                                   Stat. 1129.
                       .........................  Aug. 30, 1954, ch.
                                                   1073, Sec.  2(a), 68
                                                   Stat. 961.
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    Subsection (a) of former section 1031 of title 5 is omitted as 
unnecessary because the term ``court of appeals'' as used in title 28 
means a United States Court of Appeals and no additional definition is 
necessary.
    In paragraph (3), reference to the United States Maritime Commission 
is omitted because that Commission was abolished by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 
21, Sec. 306, eff. May 24, 1950, 64 Stat. 1277. Reference to ``Federal 
Maritime Commission'' is substituted for ``Federal Maritime Board'' on 
authority of 1961 Reorg. Plan No. 7, eff. Aug. 12, 1961, 75 Stat. 840.

                       References in Text

    Section 812 of the Fair Housing Act, referred to in par. (3)(D), is 
classified to section 3612 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.


                               Amendments

    1995--Par. (3)(A). Pub. L. 104-88, Sec. 305(d)(1), struck out ``the 
Interstate Commerce Commission,'' after ``Maritime Commission,''.
    Par. (3)(E). Pub. L. 104-88, Sec. 305(d)(2)-(4), added subpar. (E).
    1992--Par. (3)(B). Pub. L. 102-365 inserted ``or the Secretary of 
Transportation'' after ``Secretary of Agriculture''.
    1988--Par. (3)(D). Pub. L. 100-430 added subpar. (D).
    1975--Par. (3)(A). Pub. L. 93-584 inserted reference to the 
Interstate Commerce Commission.


                    Effective Date of 1995 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 104-88 effective Jan. 1, 1996, see section 2 of 
Pub. L. 104-88, set out as an Effective Date note under section 701 of 
Title 49, Transportation.


                    Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 100-430 effective on the 180th day beginning 
after Sept. 13, 1988, see section 13(a) of Pub. L. 100-430, set out as a 
note under section 3601 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.


                    Effective Date of 1975 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 93-584 not applicable to actions commenced on 
or before last day of first month beginning after Jan. 2, 1975, and 
actions to enjoin or suspend orders of Interstate Commerce Commission 
which are pending when this amendment becomes effective shall not be 
affected thereby, but shall proceed to final disposition under the law 
existing on the date they were commenced, see section 10 of Pub. L. 93-
584, set out as a note under section 2321 of this title.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Atomic Energy Commission abolished and functions transferred by 
sections 5814 and 5841 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. See, 
also, Transfer of Functions notes set out under those sections.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 7 sections 2149, 3804, 3805.
