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# 15 U.S.C. § 634a - Office of Advocacy within Small Business Administration; Chief Counsel for Advocacy

## Text

There is established within the Small Business Administration an Office of Advocacy. The management of the Office shall be vested in a Chief Counsel for Advocacy who shall be appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

(Pub. L. 94–305, title II, § 201, June 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 668.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was not enacted as part of the Small Business Act which comprises this chapter.