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# 5 U.S.C. § 1209 - Renumbered §§ 1205 and 1206]

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Subsecs. (a) and (b) of this section were renumbered as sections 1205 and 1206, respectively, of this title by Pub. L. 101–12, § 3(a)(9), (10). Pub. L. 102–378, § 2(2), Oct. 2, 1992, 106 Stat. 1346, struck out section catchline of prior section 1209.