2014 US Code
Title 5 - Government Organization and Employees (Sections 101 - 10210)
Part I - The Agencies Generally (Sections 101 - 913)
Chapter 1 - Organization (Sections 101 - 105)
Sec. 104 - Independent establishment
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES PART I - THE AGENCIES GENERALLY CHAPTER 1 - ORGANIZATION Sec. 104 - Independent establishment |
| Contains | section 104 |
| Date | 2014 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 379; Pub. L. 91-375, §6(c)(2), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 775; Pub. L. 108-271, §8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814; Pub. L. 109-435, title VI, §604(b), Dec. 20, 2006, 120 Stat. 3241. |
| Statutes at Large References | 80 Stat. 379 84 Stat. 775 118 Stat. 814 120 Stat. 3241 |
| Public and Private Laws | Public Law 89-554, Public Law 91-375, Public Law 108-271, Public Law 109-435 |
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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 Regulatory Commission) which is not an Executive department, military department, Government corporation, or part thereof, or part of an independent establishment; and
(2) the Government Accountability Office.
(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 379; Pub. L. 91–375, §6(c)(2), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 775; Pub. L. 108–271, §8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814; Pub. L. 109–435, title VI, §604(b), Dec. 20, 2006, 120 Stat. 3241.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTESThe 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.
AMENDMENTS2006—Par. (1). Pub. L. 109–435 substituted "Postal Regulatory Commission" for "Postal Rate Commission".
2004—Par. (2). Pub. L. 108–271 substituted "Government Accountability Office" for "General Accounting Office".
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 AMENDMENTAmendment 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.
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