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# 42 U.S.C. § 7239 - Transferred

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section, Pub. L. 106–65, div. C, title XXXI, § 3164, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 946, which related to the whistleblower protection program, was renumbered section 4602 of Pub. L. 107–314 by Pub. L. 108–136, div. C, title XXXI, § 3141(i)(3)(A)–(C), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1776, and was formerly classified to section 2702 of Title 50, War and National Defense. See section 6242 of Title 10, Armed Forces.