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title_name: "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND RELATED PROGRAMS"
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# 54 U.S.C. § 300301 - Agency

## Text

In this division, the term “agency” has the meaning given the term in section 551 of title 5.

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3188.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 30030116 U.S.C. 470w(1).Pub. L. 89–665, title III, § 301(1), as added Pub. L. 96–515, title V, § 501, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3001; Pub. L. 102–575, title XL, § 4019(a)(1), Oct. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 4763; Pub. L. 106–208, § 5(a)(10), May 26, 2000, 114 Stat. 319.