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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 6001. Definitions
As used in this chapter -
(1) "agency of the United States" means any executive
department as defined in section 101 of title 5, United States
Code, a military department as defined in section 102 of title 5,
United States Code, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the China Trade Act
registrar appointed under 53 Stat. 1432 (15 U.S.C. sec. 143), the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Federal Communications
Commission, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the
Federal Maritime Commission, the Federal Power Commission, the
Federal Trade Commission, the Surface Transportation Board, the
National Labor Relations Board, the National Transportation
Safety Board, the Railroad Retirement Board, an arbitration board
established under 48 Stat. 1193 (45 U.S.C. sec. 157), the
Securities and Exchange Commission, or a board established under
49 Stat. 31 (15 U.S.C. sec. 715d);
(2) "other information" includes any book, paper, document,
record, recording, or other material;
(3) "proceeding before an agency of the United States" means
any proceeding before such an agency with respect to which it is
authorized to issue subpenas and to take testimony or receive
other information from witnesses under oath; and
(4) "court of the United States" means any of the following
courts: the Supreme Court of the United States, a United States
court of appeals, a United States district court established
under chapter 5, title 28, United States Code, a United States
bankruptcy court established under chapter 6, title 28, United
States Code, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, the District Court of
Guam, the District Court of the Virgin Islands, the United States
Court of Federal Claims, the Tax Court of the United States, the
Court of International Trade, and the Court of Appeals for the
Armed Forces.
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