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5 U.S.C. § 104 — Independent establishment
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For the purpose of this title, “independent establishment” means—
(1) an establishment in the executive branch (other than the United States Postal Service or the Postal Regulatory Commission) which is not an Executive department, military department, Government corporation, or part thereof, or part of an independent establishment; and
(2) the Government Accountability Office.
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For the purpose of this title, “independent establishment” means—
(1) an establishment in the executive branch (other than the United States Postal Service or the Postal Regulatory Commission) which is not an Executive department, military department, Government corporation, or part thereof, or part of an independent establishment; and
(2) the Government Accountability Office.
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**(a)** The United States Postal Service shall be operated as a basic and fundamental service provided to the people by the Government of the United States, authorized by the Constitution, created by Act of Congress, and supported by the people. The Postal Service shall have as its basic function the obligation to provide postal services to bind the Nation together through the personal, educational, literary, and business correspondence of the people. It shall provide prompt, reliable, and efficient services to patrons in all areas and shall render postal services to all communities. The costs of establishing and maintaining the Postal Service shall not be apportioned to impair the overall value of such service to the people.
**(b)** The Postal Service shall maintain an integrated network for the delivery of market-dominant and competitive products (as defined in chapter 36 of this title). Delivery shall occur at least six days a week, except during weeks that include a Federal holiday, in emergency situations, such as natural disasters, or in geographic areas where the Postal Service has established a policy of delivering mail fewer than six days a week as of the date of enactment of the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022. The Postal Service shall provide a maximum degree of effective and regular postal services to rural areas, communities, and small towns where post offices are not self-sustaining. No small post office shall be closed solely for operating at a deficit, it being the specific intent of the Congress that effective postal services be insured to residents of both urban and rural communities.
**(c)** As an employer, the Postal Service shall achieve and maintain compensation for its officers and employees comparable to the rates and types of compensation pa
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The duties and powers of the Department of the Interior include the preservation, distribution, introduction, and restoration of game birds and other wild birds. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to adopt such measures as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act, and to purchase such game birds and other wild birds as may be required therefor, subject, however, to the laws of the various States and Territories. The object and purpose of this Act is to aid in the restoration of such birds in those parts of the United States adapted thereto where the same have become scarce or extinct, and also to regulate the introduction of American or foreign birds or animals in localities where they have not heretofore existed.
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**(a) Continued existence within Executive branch** The United States Agency for Global Media shall continue to exist within the Executive branch of Government as an entity described in [section 104 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section104&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Chief Executive Officer**
(1) **In general** — The head of the United States Agency for Global Media shall be a Chief Executive Officer, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, until such time as a Chief Executive Officer is appointed and has qualified, the current or acting Chief Executive Officer appointed by the Board may continue to serve and exercise the authorities and powers under this chapter.
(2) **Term** — The first Chief Executive Officer appointed pursuant to paragraph (1) shall serve for an initial term of three years.
(3) **Compensation** — A Chief Executive Officer appointed pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be compensated at the annual rate of basic pay for level III of the Executive Schedule under [section 5314 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5314&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Termination of Director of International Broadcasting Bureau** Effective on December 23, 2016, the position of the Director of the International Broadcasting Bureau shall be terminated, and all of the responsibilities, offices, authorities, and immunities of the Director or the Agency under this chapter or any other Act or authority before such date shall be transferred or available to, assumed by, or overseen by the Chief Executive Officer, as head of the Agency.
**(d) Immunity from civil liability** Notwithstanding
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**(a) In general** The International Broadcasting Advisory Board (referred to in this section as the “Advisory Board”) shall advise the Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency for Global Media, as appropriate. The Advisory Board as established shall exist within the executive branch as an entity described in [section 104 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section104&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Composition of the Advisory Board**
(1) **In general** — The Advisory Board shall consist of seven members, of whom—
(A) six shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, in accordance with subsection (c); and
(B) one shall be the Secretary of State.
(2) **Chair** — The President shall designate, with the advice and consent of the Senate, one of the members appointed under paragraph (1)(A) as Chair of the Advisory Board.
(3) **Party limitation** — Not more than three members of the Advisory Board appointed under paragraph (1)(A) may be affiliated with the same political party.
(4) **Terms of office**
(A) *In general* — Except as provided in subparagraph (B), members of the Advisory Board shall serve for a single term of 4 years, except that, of the first group of members appointed under paragraph (1)(A)—
(i) two members who are not affiliated with the same political party, shall be appointed for terms ending on the date that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of the U.S. Agency for Global Media Reform Act;
(ii) two members who are not affiliated with the same political party, shall be appointed for terms ending on the date that is 4 years after the date of the enactment of the U.S. Agency for Global Media Reform Act; and
(iii) two members who are
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**(a) In general** Unless abolished pursuant to the reorganization plan submitted under [section 6601 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section6601&num=0&edition=prelim), and except as provided in [section 6562 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section6562&num=0&edition=prelim), there is within the Executive branch of Government the United States Agency for International Development as an entity described in [section 104 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section104&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Retention of officers** Nothing in this section shall require the reappointment of any officer of the United States serving in the Agency for International Development of the United States International Development Cooperation Agency as of the day before the effective date of this subchapter.
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The Office of Management and Budget is an office in the Executive Office of the President.
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In this chapter:
(1) **Administrator.—** — The term “Administrator” means the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy appointed pursuant to [section 1102 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section1102&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Agency board or agency board of contract appeals.—** — The term “agency board” or “agency board of contract appeals” means—
(A) the Armed Services Board;
(B) the Civilian Board;
(C) the board of contract appeals of the Tennessee Valley Authority; or
(D) the Postal Service Board established under [section 7105(d)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section7105/d/1&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) **Agency head.—** — The term “agency head” means the head and any assistant head of an executive agency. The term may include the chief official of a principal division of an executive agency if the head of the executive agency so designates that chief official.
(4) **Armed services board.—** — The term “Armed Services Board” means the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals established under [section 7105(a)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section7105/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim).
(5) **Civilian board.—** — The term “Civilian Board” means the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals established under [section 7105(b)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section7105/b/1&num=0&edition=prelim).
(6) **Contracting officer.—** — The term “contracting officer”—
(A) means an individual who, by appointment in accordance with applicable regulations, has the authority to make and administer contracts and to make determinations and findings with respe
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The purposes of this chapter are: To declare a national policy which will encourage productive and enjoyable harmony between man and his environment; to promote efforts which will prevent or eliminate damage to the environment and biosphere and stimulate the health and welfare of man; to enrich the understanding of the ecological systems and natural resources important to the Nation; and to establish a Council on Environmental Quality.
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**(a)** The Congress finds that—
(1) experience in both private and public employment indicates that the statutory protection of the right of employees to organize, bargain collectively, and participate through labor organizations of their own choosing in decisions which affect them—
(A) safeguards the public interest,
(B) contributes to the effective conduct of public business, and
(C) facilitates and encourages the amicable settlements of disputes between employees and their employers involving conditions of employment; and
(2) the public interest demands the highest standards of employee performance and the continued development and implementation of modern and progressive work practices to facilitate and improve employee performance and the efficient accomplishment of the operations of the Government.
Therefore, labor organizations and collective bargaining in the civil service are in the public interest.
**(b)** It is the purpose of this chapter to prescribe certain rights and obligations of the employees of the Federal Government and to establish procedures which are designed to meet the special requirements and needs of the Government. The provisions of this chapter should be interpreted in a manner consistent with the requirement of an effective and efficient Government.
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The President may prescribe regulations for the conduct of employees in the executive branch.
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