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[CITE: 44USC1501]

 
                 TITLE 44--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
 
      CHAPTER 15--FEDERAL REGISTER AND CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
 
Sec. 1501. Definitions

    As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires--
        ``document'' means a Presidential proclamation or Executive 
    order and an order, regulation, rule, certificate, code of fair 
    competition, license, notice, or similar instrument, issued, 
    prescribed, or promulgated by a Federal agency;
        ``Federal agency'' or ``agency'' means the President of the 
    United States, or an executive department, independent board, 
    establishment, bureau, agency, institution, commission, or separate 
    office of the administrative branch of the Government of the United 
    States but not the legislative or judicial branches of the 
    Government;
        ``person'' means an individual, partnership, association, or 
    corporation; and
        ``National Archives of the United States'' has the same meaning 
    as in section 2901(11) of this title.

(Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1273; Pub. L. 98-497, title I, 
Sec. 107(b)(2), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2286.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., Sec. 304 (July 26, 1935, ch. 417, 
Sec. 4, 49 Stat. 501).


                               Amendments

    1984--Pub. L. 98-497 inserted definition of ``National Archives of 
the United States''.


                    Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 98-497 effective Apr. 1, 1985, see section 301 
of Pub. L. 98-497, set out as a note under section 2102 of this title.
