{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s6","title":18,"num":"\u00a7\u202f6.","heading":"Department and agency defined","text":"\u00a7\u202f6.\nDepartment and agency defined\nAs used in this title:\nThe term \u201cdepartment\u201d means one of the executive departments enumerated in\nsection 1 of Title 5\nThe term \u201cagency\u201d includes any department, independent establishment, commission, administration, authority, board or bureau of the United States or any corporation in which the United States has a proprietary interest, unless the context shows that such term was intended to be used in a more limited sense.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t18/s6.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f6."},{"t":"heading","text":"Department and agency defined"},{"t":"content","text":"\n","children":[{"t":"p","text":"As used in this title:","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"The term \u201cdepartment\u201d means one of the executive departments enumerated in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1 of Title 5","href":"/us/usc/t5/s1","tail":", unless the context shows that such term was intended to describe the executive, legislative, or judicial branches of the government."}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"The term \u201cagency\u201d includes any department, independent establishment, commission, administration, authority, board or bureau of the United States or any corporation in which the United States has a proprietary interest, unless the context shows that such term was intended to be used in a more limited sense.","tail":"\n"}]},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}