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In this title, “agency” means a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government.
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Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity to which any corporation organized under the laws of the United States shall be a party, arising out of transactions involving international or foreign banking, or banking in a dependency or insular possession of the United States, or out of other international or foreign financial operations, either directly or through the agency, ownership, or control of branches or local institutions in dependencies or insular possessions of the United States or in foreign countries, shall be deemed to arise under the laws of the United States, and the district courts of the United States shall have original jurisdiction of all such suits; and any defendant in any such suit may, at any time before the trial thereof, remove such suits from a State court into the district court of the United States for the proper district by following the procedure for the removal of causes otherwise provided by law. Such removal shall not cause undue delay in the trial of such case and a case so removed shall have a place on the calendar of the United States court to which it is removed relative to that which it held on the State court from which it was removed.
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**(a)** Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary shall not be considered to be a Federal employee and shall not be subject to the provisions of law relating to Federal employment, including those relating to hours of work, rates of compensation, leave, unemployment compensation, Federal employee benefits, ethics, conflicts of interest, and other similar criminal or civil statutes and regulations governing the conduct of Federal employees. However, nothing in this subsection shall constrain the Commandant from prescribing standards for the conduct and behavior of members of the Auxiliary. **(b)** A member of the Auxiliary while assigned to duty shall be deemed to be a Federal employee only for the purposes of the following: (1) Chapter 171 of title 28 (popularly known as the Federal Tort Claims Act). (2) [Section 2733 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2733&num=0&edition=prelim) (popularly known as the Military Claims Act). (3) [Section 30101 of title 46](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section30101&num=0&edition=prelim) (popularly known as the Admiralty Extension Act). (4) Chapter 309 of title 46 (known as the Suits in Admiralty Act). (5) Chapter 311 of title 46 (known as the Public Vessels Act). (6) Other matters related to noncontractual civil liability. (7) Compensation for work injuries under chapter 81 of title 5. (8) The resolution of claims relating to damage to or loss of personal property of the member incident to service under the Military Personnel and Civilian Employees’ Claims Act of 1964 ([31 U.S.C. 3721](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section3721&num=0&edition=prelim)).11 See R
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**(a) Reasonable interchange transaction fees for electronic debit transactions** (1) **Regulatory authority over interchange transaction fees** — The Board may prescribe regulations, pursuant to [section 553 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section553&num=0&edition=prelim), regarding any interchange transaction fee that an issuer may receive or charge with respect to an electronic debit transaction, to implement this subsection (including related definitions), and to prevent circumvention or evasion of this subsection. (2) **Reasonable interchange transaction fees** — The amount of any interchange transaction fee that an issuer may receive or charge with respect to an electronic debit transaction shall be reasonable and proportional to the cost incurred by the issuer with respect to the transaction. (3) **Rulemaking required** (A) *In general* — The Board shall prescribe regulations in final form not later than 9 months after July 21, 2010, to establish standards for assessing whether the amount of any interchange transaction fee described in paragraph (2) is reasonable and proportional to the cost incurred by the issuer with respect to the transaction. (B) *Information collection* — The Board may require any issuer (or agent of an issuer) or payment card network to provide the Board with such information as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this subsection and the Board, in issuing rules under subparagraph (A) and on at least a bi-annual basis thereafter, shall disclose such aggregate or summary information concerning the costs incurred, and interchange transaction fees charged or received, by issuers or payment card networks in connection with the authorization, clearance or settlement of electroni
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**(a)** On or after the first Monday in January but not later than the first Monday in February of each year, the President shall submit a budget of the United States Government for the following fiscal year. Each budget shall include a budget message and summary and supporting information. The President shall include in each budget the following: (1) information on activities and functions of the Government. (2) when practicable, information on costs and achievements of Government programs. (3) other desirable classifications of information. (4) a reconciliation of the summary information on expenditures with proposed appropriations. (5) except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations the President decides are necessary to support the Government in the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal years after that year. (6) estimated receipts of the Government in the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal years after that year under— (A) laws in effect when the budget is submitted; and (B) proposals in the budget to increase revenues. (7) appropriations, expenditures, and receipts of the Government in the prior fiscal year. (8) estimated expenditures and receipts, and appropriations and proposed appropriations, of the Government for the current fiscal year. (9) balanced statements of the— (A) condition of the Treasury at the end of the prior fiscal year; (B) estimated condition of the Treasury at the end of the current fiscal year; and (C) estimated condition of the Treasury at the end of the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted if financial proposals in the budget are adopted. (10) essential information about the debt of the Government.
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**(a)** (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all Federal wage, salary, and retirement payments shall be paid to recipients of such payments by electronic funds transfer, unless another method has been determined by the Secretary of the Treasury to be appropriate. (2) Each recipient of Federal wage, salary, or retirement payments shall designate one or more financial institutions or other authorized payment agents and provide the payment certifying or authorizing agency information necessary for the recipient to receive electronic funds transfer payments through each institution so designated. **(b)** (1) The head of each agency shall waive the requirements of subsection (a) of this section for a recipient of Federal wage, salary, or retirement payments authorized or certified by the agency upon written request by such recipient. (2) Federal wage, salary, or retirement payments shall be paid to any recipient granted a waiver under paragraph (1) of this subsection by any method determined appropriate by the Secretary of the Treasury. **(c)** (1) The Secretary of the Treasury may waive the requirements of subsection (a) of this section for any group of recipients upon request by the head of an agency under standards prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. (2) Federal wage, salary, or retirement payments shall be paid to any member of a group granted a waiver under paragraph (1) of this subsection by any method determined appropriate by the Secretary of the Treasury. **(d)** This section shall apply only to recipients of Federal wage or salary payments who begin to receive such payments on or after January 1, 1995, and recipients of Federal retirement payments who begin to receive such payments on or after January 1, 1995. **(e)** (1) Notwithstand
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In this chapter— (1) “Government corporation” means a mixed-ownership Government corporation and a wholly owned Government corporation. (2) “mixed-ownership Government corporation” means— (A) the Central Bank for Cooperatives. (B) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. (C) the Federal Home Loan Banks. (D) the Federal Intermediate Credit Banks. (E) the Federal Land Banks. (F) the National Credit Union Administration Central Liquidity Facility. (G) the Regional Banks for Cooperatives. (H) the Financing Corporation. (I) the Resolution Trust Corporation. (J) the Resolution Funding Corporation. (3) “wholly owned Government corporation” means— (A) the Commodity Credit Corporation. (B) the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund. (C) the Export-Import Bank of the United States. (D) the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. (E) Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated. (F) the Corporation for National and Community Service. (G) the Government National Mortgage Association. (H) the United States International Development Finance Corporation. (I) the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation. (J) the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. (K) the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation. (L) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development when carrying out duties and powers related to the Federal Housing Administration Fund. (M) the Tennessee Valley Authority. (N) the Panama Canal Commission. (O) the Millennium Challenge Corporation. (P) the International Clean Energy Foundation.
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**(a) Requirements relating to medicare prescription drug low-income subsidies, medicare transitional prescription drug assistance, and medicare cost-sharing** As a condition of its State plan under this subchapter under [section 1396a(a)(66) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1396a/a/66&num=0&edition=prelim) and receipt of any Federal financial assistance under [section 1396b(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1396b/a&num=0&edition=prelim) subject to subsection (e), a State shall do the following: (1) **Information for transitional prescription drug assistance verification** — The State shall provide the Secretary with information to carry out [section 1395w–141(f)(3)(B)(i) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1395w–141/f/3/B/i&num=0&edition=prelim). (2) **Eligibility determinations for low-income subsidies** — The State shall— (A) make determinations of eligibility for premium and cost-sharing subsidies under and in accordance with [section 1395w–114 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1395w-114&num=0&edition=prelim); (B) inform the Secretary of such determinations in cases in which such eligibility is established; and (C) otherwise provide the Secretary with such information as may be required to carry out part D, other than subpart 4, of subchapter XVIII (including [section 1395w–114 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1395w-114&num=0&edition=prelim)). (3) **Screening for eligibility, and enrollment of, beneficiaries for medicare cost-sharing** — As part of making an eligibility d
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Except as otherwise provided in section 5707(d),11 See References in Text note below. for the purpose of this subchapter— (1) “agency” means— (A) an Executive agency; (B) a military department; (C) an office, agency, or other establishment in the legislative branch; (D) an office, agency, or other establishment in the judicial branch; and (E) the government of the District of Columbia; but does not include— (i) a Government controlled corporation; (ii) a Member of Congress; or (iii) an office or committee of either House of Congress or of the two Houses; (2) “employee” means an individual employed in or under an agency including an individual employed intermittently in the Government service as an expert or consultant and paid on a daily when-actually-employed basis and an individual serving without pay or at $1 a year; (3) “subsistence” means lodging, meals, and other necessary expenses for the personal sustenance and comfort of the traveler; (4) “per diem allowance” means a daily payment instead of actual expenses for subsistence and fees or tips to porters and stewards; (5) “Government” means the Government of the United States and the government of the District of Columbia; and (6) “continental United States” means the several States and the District of Columbia, but does not include Alaska or Hawaii.
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**(a)** Notwithstanding chapter 33 or any other provision of law relating to the examination, certification, and appointment of individuals in the competitive service, an employee of a land management agency serving under a time-limited appointment in the competitive service is eligible to compete for a permanent appointment in the competitive service at such land management agency when such agency is accepting applications from individuals within the agency’s workforce under merit promotion procedures, or any agency, including a land management agency, when the agency is accepting applications from individuals outside its own workforce under the merit promotion procedures of the applicable agency if— (1) the employee was appointed initially under open, competitive examination under subchapter I of chapter 33 to the time-limited appointment; (2) the employee has served under 1 or more time-limited appointments by a land management agency for a period or periods totaling more than 24 months without a break of 2 or more years; and (3) the employee’s performance has been at an acceptable level of performance throughout the period or periods (as the case may be) referred to in paragraph (2). **(b)** In determining the eligibility of a time-limited employee under this section to be examined for or appointed in the competitive service, the Office of Personnel Management or other examining agency shall waive requirements as to age, unless the requirement is essential to the performance of the duties of the position. **(c)** An individual appointed under this section— (1) becomes a career-conditional employee, unless the employee has otherwise completed the service requirements for career tenure; and (2) acquires competitive status upon appointment. **(d)** A former emp
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Page 7 TITLE 31—MONEY AND FINANCE § 103 Pub. L. 97–258, § 5(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1068, re- pealed the sections or parts thereof of the Revised Stat- utes or Statutes at Large codified in this title, except for rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before Sept. 13, 1982. IMPROVEMENT OF UNITED STATES CODE BY PUB. L. 98–216; LEGISLATIVE PURPOSE; INCONSISTENT PROVI- SIONS; CORRESPONDING PROVISIONS; SAVINGS AND SEPARABILITY OF PROVISIONS Pub. L. 98–216, § 5, Feb. 14, 1984, 98 Stat. 7, provided that: ‘‘(a) Sections 1–4 of this Act restate, without sub- stantive change, laws enacted before April 1, 1983, that were replaced by those sections. Sections 1–4 may not be construed as making a substantive change in the laws replaced. Laws enacted after March 31, 1983, that are inconsistent with this Act supersede this Act to the extent of the inconsistency. ‘‘(b) A reference to a law replaced by sections 1–4 of this Act, including a reference in a regulation, order, or other law, is deemed to refer to the corresponding pro- vision enacted by this Act. ‘‘(c) An order, rule, or regulation in effect under a law replaced by sections 1–4 of this Act continues in effect under the corresponding provision enacted by this Act until repealed, amended, or superseded. ‘‘(d) An action taken or an offense committed under a law replaced by sections 1–4 of this Act is deemed to have been taken or committed under the corresponding provision enacted by this Act. ‘‘(e) An inference of a legislative construction is not to be drawn by reason of the location in the United States Code of a provision enacted by this Act or by reason of the caption or catchline of the provision. ‘‘(f) If a provision enacted by thi
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