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# 5 U.S.C. § 105 - Executive agency

## Text

For the purpose of this title, “Executive agency” means an Executive department, a Government corporation, and an independent establishment.

(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 379.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision NotesThe section is supplied to avoid the necessity for defining “Executive agency” each time it is used in this title.