Title 31 — Money and Finance
Chapter 1 — Definitions
§ 101. Agency
Statutory text
In this title, “agency” means a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 97–258 · 96 Stat. 877
Enacted · 31 U.S.C. § 101
(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877.)
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Notes
historicalAndRevision
| Historical and Revision Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 101 | (no source). | |
The section is included to avoid the necessity for defining “agency” each time it is used in the revised title.
Credits
(Pub. L. 97–258, , 96 Stat. 877.)