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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 · Sec. 257

Sec. 257. DEFINITIONS

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## SEC. 257 DEFINITIONS For purposes of this part— ####
(1)the term “**agency of the United States Government**” includes any agency of the legislative branch and any court of the judicial branch as well as any agency of the executive branch; ####
(2)the term “**agency head**” means— #####
(A)in the case of the executive branch of Government or an agency of the legislative branch other than the House of Representatives or the Senate, the head of the respective agency; #####
(B)in the case of the judicial branch of Government, the chief judge of the respective court; #####
(C)in the case of the Senate, the President pro tempore, in consultation with the Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the Senate; and #####
(D)in the case of the House of Representatives, the Speaker of the House, in consultation with the Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the House; ####
(3)the term “**Center**” means the Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs; and ####
(4)the term “**detailee**” means an employee of an agency of the United States Government on assignment or loan to the Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs without a change of position from the agency by which he or she is employed. # TITLE III UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING ACT
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