{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s16456","title":42,"num":"\u00a7\u202f16456.","heading":"Applicability","text":"\u00a7\u202f16456.\nApplicability\nExcept as otherwise specifically provided in this part, no provision of this part shall apply to, or be deemed to include\u2014\n(1) the United States;\n(2) a State or any political subdivision of a State;\n(3) any foreign governmental authority not operating in the United States;\n(4) any agency, authority, or instrumentality of any entity referred to in paragraph (1), (2), or (3); or\n(5) any officer, agent, or employee of any entity referred to in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4) acting as such in the course of his or her official duty.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t42/s16456.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s16456","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f16456."},{"t":"heading","text":"Applicability","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"Except as otherwise specifically provided in this part, no provision of this part shall apply to, or be deemed to include\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s16456/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" the United States;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s16456/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" a State or any political subdivision of a State;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s16456/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" any foreign governmental authority not operating in the United States;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s16456/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" any agency, authority, or instrumentality of any entity referred to in paragraph (1), (2), or (3); or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s16456/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" any officer, agent, or employee of any entity referred to in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4) acting as such in the course of his or her official duty.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}