Notes on 31 U.S.C. § 701 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 31 U.S.C. § 701 : US Code - Notes

(Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 887.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
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701(1) 31:2(1st-4th pars.). June 10, 1921, ch. 18, Sec.
2(1st-5th pars.), 42 Stat. 20;
Apr. 3, 1939, ch. 36, Sec.
201, 53 Stat. 565; July 31,
1953, ch. 302, Sec. 101(1st
proviso in par. under heading
"Bureau of the Budget"), 67
Stat. 299.
701(2) 31:2(last par.). June 10, 1921, ch. 18, 42
Stat. 20, Sec. 2(last par.);
added Sept. 12, 1950, ch. 946,
Sec. 101, 64 Stat. 832.
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In clause (1), "agency" (which is defined for purposes of this
title in section 101 to mean a department, agency, or
instrumentality of the United States) is coextensive with and
substituted for the term "department or establishment" which was
defined in 31:2 as in part meaning "any executive department,
independent commission, board, bureau, office, agency, or other
establishment of the Government, including any independent
regulatory commission or board". This definition merely restates
and continues, and does not in any way change or expand, the
definition in 31:2. Under that definition, entities such as the
Tennessee Valley Authority that have been interpreted to be outside
the purview of the definition will continue to be outside the
purview in the same manner and to the same extent that they were
under 31:2. The words "includes the District of Columbia
government" are used because of existing law but the inclusion of
these words is not to be interpreted as construing the extent to
which the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental
Reorganizational Act (Pub. L. 93-198, 87 Stat. 774) supersedes the
provisions codified in this title. The words "of the United States"
are omitted as surplus. The text of 31:2 (2d-4th pars.) is omitted
as unnecessary because of the restatement. The text of section 2
(3d par.) of the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921 (ch. 18, 42 Stat.
20), is omitted as obsolete because of section 501 of the revised
title.
SHORT TITLE OF 2004 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 108-271, Sec. 1(a), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 811, provided
that: "This Act [see Tables for classification] may be cited as the
'GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2004'."
SHORT TITLE OF 1996 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 104-316, Sec. 1, Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3826, provided
that: "This Act [see Tables for classification] may be cited as the
'General Accounting Office Act of 1996'."
SHORT TITLE OF 1988 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 100-426, Sec. 1, Sept. 9, 1988, 102 Stat. 1598, provided
that: "This Act [amending sections 703, 732, 751, 752, 755, 771 to
774, 776, and 777 of this title and section 5349 of Title 5,
Government Organization and Employees, and enacting provisions set
out as notes under sections 755 and 772 of this title] may be cited
as the 'General Accounting Office Personnel Amendments Act of
1988'."