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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "16 U.S.C. § 656"
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description: "Agents; administering oaths and taking testimony"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 16
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title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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chapter_number: "5"
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chapter_name: "PROTECTION OF FUR SEALS AND OTHER FUR-BEARING ANIMALS"
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section: "656"
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citation: "16 U.S.C. § 656"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc16@119-100.zip"
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source_identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s656"
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source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-16/usc16.xml"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
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confidence: "official"
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tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
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# 16 U.S.C. § 656 - Agents; administering oaths and taking testimony
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## Text
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The agents are empowered to administer oaths in all cases relating to the service of the United States, and to take testimony in Alaska for the use of the Government in any matter concerning the public revenue.
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(R.S. § 1976.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Codification R.S. § 1976 derived from act Mar. 5, 1872, ch. 31, § 3, 17 Stat. 35.
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