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[CITE: 5USC104]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                     PART I--THE AGENCIES GENERALLY
 
                         CHAPTER 1--ORGANIZATION
 
Sec. 104. Independent establishment

    For the purpose of this title, ``independent establishment'' means--
        (1) an establishment in the executive branch (other than the 
    United States Postal Service or the Postal Rate Commission) which is 
    not an Executive department, military department, Government 
    corporation, or part thereof, or part of an independent 
    establishment; and
        (2) the General Accounting Office.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 379; Pub. L. 91-375, 
Sec. 6(c)(2), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 775.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    The section is supplied to avoid the necessity for defining 
``independent establishment'' each time it is used in this title.
    Certain agencies are not independent establishments under the 
definition since they are constituent agencies or parts of an 
independent establishment. However, these agencies would continue to be 
subject to the provisions of this title applicable to the independent 
establishment of which they are a constituent or part. Also, the 
definition does not expand or abridge any rights or authority possessed 
by these agencies as no substantive changes are intended, see section 
7(a) of the bill.


                               Amendments

    1970--Par. (1). Pub. L. 91-375 inserted ``(other than the United 
States Postal Service or the Postal Rate Commission)'' after ``executive 
branch''.


                    Effective Date of 1970 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 91-375 effective within 1 year after Aug. 12, 
1970, on date established therefor by Board of Governors of United 
States Postal Service and published by it in Federal Register, see 
section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91-375, set out as an Effective Date note 
preceding section 101 of Title 39, Postal Service.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 22 sections 6203, 6563; title 
41 sections 403, 601.
