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[CITE: 5USC501]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                     PART I--THE AGENCIES GENERALLY
 
                   CHAPTER 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 501. Advertising practice; restrictions

    An individual, firm, or corporation practicing before an agency of 
the United States may not use the name of a Member of either House of 
Congress or of an individual in the service of the United States in 
advertising the business.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 381.)

                      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. 101.                 Apr. 27, 1916, ch.
                                                    89, Sec.  1, 39
                                                    Stat. 54.
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    The words ``may not'' are substituted for ``It shall be unlawful 
for''. The words ``agency of the United States'' are substituted for 
``any department or office of the Government''. The words ``an 
individual in the service of the United States'' are substituted for 
``officer of the Government'' in view of the definitions in sections 
2104 and 2105.
    Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable 
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.
