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[CITE: 5USC105]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                     PART I--THE AGENCIES GENERALLY
 
                         CHAPTER 1--ORGANIZATION
 
Sec. 105. Executive agency

    For the purpose of this title, ``Executive agency'' means an 
Executive department, a Government corporation, and an independent 
establishment.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 379.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    The section is supplied to avoid the necessity for defining 
``Executive agency'' each time it is used in this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 306, 5372b, 5948 of this 
title; title 7 section 2132; title 10 section 2014; title 12 section 
1749bbb-10b; title 15 sections 638, 3301, 3703, 4901, 5802, 6617; title 
16 section 2602; title 22 sections 2685, 3641, 6502, 6765; title 29 
sections 203, 633a; title 31 section 1353; title 35 section 201; title 
38 sections 4211, 4303; title 39 section 416; title 40 section 913; 
title 41 section 48b; title 42 sections 2000e-16, 4071, 4902, 6361, 
6964, 7911, 8241, 8802, 10101; title 43 section 2003; title 50 section 
1601.
