Legal corpus: the complete U.S. Code (59,740 sections, all 53 titles)

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now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

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legal/us/code/title-42/chapter-66/section-5051.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "42 U.S.C. § 5051"
+description: "Performance of functions by existing departments or offices rather than new departments or offices"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 42
+title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
+chapter_number: "66"
+chapter_name: "DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICES"
+section: "5051"
+citation: "42 U.S.C. § 5051"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc42@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s5051"
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+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 42 U.S.C. § 5051 - Performance of functions by existing departments or offices rather than new departments or offices
+
+## Text
+
+In order to assure that existing Federal agencies are used to the fullest extent possible in carrying out the purposes of this chapter, no funds appropriated to carry out this chapter shall be used to establish any new department or office when the intended function is being performed by an existing department or office.
+
+(Pub. L. 93–113, title IV, § 411, Oct. 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 411.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+References in TextThis chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 93–113, Oct. 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 394, known as the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 4950 of this title and Tables.