Notes on 5 U.S.C. § 558 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 5 U.S.C. § 558 : US Code - Notes

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 388.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
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Derivation           U.S. Code              Revised Statutes and    
Statutes at Large     
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5 U.S.C. 1008.           June 11, 1946, ch. 324,     
Sec. 9, 60 Stat. 242.      
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In subsection (b), the prohibition is restated in positive form.
In subsection (c), the words "within a reasonable time" are
substituted for "with reasonable dispatch". The last two sentences
are restated for conciseness and clarity and to restate the
prohibition in positive form.
Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions
applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface
to the report.
CODIFICATION                           
Section 558 of former Title 5, Executive Departments and
Government Officers and Employees, was transferred to section 2209
of Title 7, Agriculture.