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5 U.S.C. § 5521

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United States · Title 5 — GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES · Status: effective

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5 U.S.C. § 5521, Definitions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/427014
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For the purpose of this subchapter— “agency” means— “head of each agency” means—

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.

  • Amended byPub. L. 96-54(H.R. 4616)1979-08-14
    A bill to make certain technical and clerical amendments to title 5, United States Code.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 113-235(H.R. 83)2014-12-16
    Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015
    House: 219–206Senate: no recorded tally