authority

(1) “authority” means— (A) an executive department; (B) a military department; (C) an establishment (as such term is defined in section 401 of title 5 ) which is not an executive department; (D) the United States Postal Service; (E) the National Science Foundation; and (F) a designated Federal entity (as such term is defined under section 415(a) of title 5 );

Source

31 USC § 3801(a)(1)


Scoping language

For purposes of this chapter
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