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# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/8th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 14

Chap. XIV.—An Act supplementary to an act intituled “An act to incorporate the inhabitants of the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia.”
Act of May 3, 1802, ch. 53. Period of incorporation of Washington, enlarged to fifteen years.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act, intituled “An act to incorporate the inhabitants of the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia,” except so much of the same as is inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be, and the same is hereby continued in force for and during the term of fifteen years, from the end of the next session of Congress.
City councils, of what numbers they are to consist and how to be elected.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the council of the city of Washington, from and after the period for which the members of the present council have been elected, shall consist of two chambers, each of which shall be composed of nine members, to be chosen by distinct ballots, according to the directions of the act to which this is a supplement; a majority of each chamber shall constitute a quorum to do ​business: in case vacancies shall occur in the council, the chamber in which the same may happen, shall supply the same by an election, by ballot, from the three persons next highest on the list, to those elected at the preceding election; and a majority of the whole number of the chamber in which such vacancy may happen, shall be necessary to make an election.
Powers of the councils enlarged.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the council shall have power to establish and regulate the inspection of flour, tobacco, and salted provisions, the gauging of casks and liquors, the storage of gunpowder, and all naval and military stores, not the property of the United States, to regulate the weight and quality of bread; to tax and license hawkers and pedlers, to restrain or prohibit tippling houses, lotteries, and all kinds of gaming; to superintend the health of the city, to preserve the navigation of the Potomac and Anacosta rivers, adjoining the city; to erect, repair, and regulate public wharves, and to deepen docks and basins; to provide for the establishment and superintendence of public schools; to license and regulate, exclusively, hackney coaches, ordinary keepers, retailers and ferries; to provide for the appointment of inspectors, constables and such other officers as may be necessary to execute the laws of the corporation; and to give such compensation to the mayor of the city as they may deem fit.
Powers of levy court abolished.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the levy court of the county of Washington shall not hereafter possess the power of imposing any tax on the inhabitants of the city of Washington.
Approved, February 24, 1804.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/8th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 18

Chap. XVIII.—An Act for the relief of certain military pensioners in the state of South Carolina.
Certain military pensioners of South Carolina to be placed on the books of the war office, and paid as other pensioners.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the persons to whom military pensions have been heretofore granted and paid by the state of South Carolina, in pursuance of the resolves of the United States in congress assembled, for the payment of pensions to the invalids who were wounded and disabled during the late war with Great Britain, and who have not been placed on the books, in the office of the Secretary for the Department of War, shall be, and the same hereby are directed to be placed on said books, and their said pensions shall be hereafter paid by the United States, in the same manner as to other pensioners of the United States, out of the funds already appropriated for that purpose.
A certificate from the state of South Carolina required for entitling any person to the benefit of this act: certificate to be recorded at the war office. The amount payable to the several claimants, and the principles of settlement.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in placing the names of pensioners on the books, pursuant to the directions contained in the foregoing section, the Secretary of War shall be guided by a certificate from the state of South Carolina, when the same shall be delivered to him, under the proper authentications, which certificate shall specify the names of pensioners and sums of pension; and likewise, that they ​have not been paid since March the fourth, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, by said state; which certificate shall be recorded in the books of the department of war, and the original kept on file. And each officer, non-commissioned officer, and soldier, whose name shall be placed on the said list as a pensioner, in conformity to the provisions of this act, or in case of the death of any such officer, non-commissioned officer, or soldier, his heirs or legal representatives shall receive a sum equal to the arrears of his pension, which shall have accrued from and after the fourth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, until the passage of this act, or until the death of such pensioner, as aforesaid, as the case may be; which arrearages shall be ascertained and certified by the register of the treasury in the same manner, and under the same restrictions as are contained in the act passed the eleventh day of August, one thousand seven hundred and ninety, intituled1790, ch. 45. Proviso. “An act for the relief of the persons therein mentioned or described:” Provided, that the commutation of half-pay which may have been received by any commissioned officer entitled to a pension, as aforesaid, shall first be returned by such officer into the treasury of the United States, or shall be deducted from the arrears of pension directed to be paid by this act.
Approved, March 3, 1804.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/8th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 22

Chap. XXII.—An Act declaring the assent of Congress to an act of the General Assembly of Virginia, therein mentioned.
Assent of Congress to act of Virginia for improving the navigation of James river.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the assent of Congress is hereby given and declared to an act of the general assembly of Virginia, intituled “An act for improving the navigation of James river,” which act was passed on the twenty-third day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and four.
Approved, March 16, 1804.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/8th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 19

Chap. XIX.—An Act to allow drawbacks of duties, on goods, wares and merchandise transported by land, in the cases therein mentioned.
Goods imported into certain ports and transported by inland conveyance to others, and thence exported, entitled to drawbacks.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all goods, wares and merchandise duly imported into either of the districts of Boston and Charlestown, Salem and Beverly, Newburyport, Ipswich or Marblehead, in the state of Massachusetts, which shall be transported by inland conveyance along the turnpike or other main road into another of the said districts, and be therefrom exported to any foreign port or place, shall be entitled to the benefit of a drawback of the duties upon such exportation, under the same provisions, regulations, restrictions and limitations, as if the goods, wares and merchandise were transported coastwise from one to another of the said districts, and also upon the conditions specified in the seventy-ninth section of the act, intituled “An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage.”Act of March 2, 1799, ch. 22.
Goods imported into the district of Delaware entitled to drawbacks as in cases of exportation, from Philadelphia, &c. Act of March 2, 1799, ch. 22, sec. 79, vol. i. 686.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all goods, wares and merchandise duly imported into the district of Delaware, may be transported to the same places, in the same manner, and on the same conditions with goods, wares and merchandise duly imported into the districts of Philadelphia, New York or Baltimore; and shall, in like manner, be entitled to the benefit of a drawback of the duties thereon, upon exportation to any foreign port or place, agreeably to the provisions contained in the seventy-ninth section of an act, intituled “An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage:” and that all goods, wares and merchandise, which being duly imported into the districts of Philadelphia, New York or Baltimore, shall be exported from the district of Delaware, shall also be entitled to the benefit of a drawback of the duties on the same, in the same manner, and on the same conditions which are prescribed by the said seventy-ninth section of the act aforesaid, for goods, wares and merchandise, which being duly imported into Baltimore or New York, shall be exported from Philadelphia.
Approved, March 3, 1804.
# United States Code/22/3904

    Members of the Service shall, under the direction of the Secretary--
    (1) represent the interests of the United States in relation to foreign countries and international organizations, and perform the functions relevant to their appointments and assignments, including (as appropriate) functions under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, other international agreements to which the United States is a party, the laws of the United States, and orders, regulations, and directives issued pursuant to law;
    (2) provide guidance for the formulation and conduct of programs and activities of the Department and other agencies which relate to the foreign relations of the United States; and
    (3) perform functions on behalf of any agency or other Government establishment (including any establishment in the legislative or judicial branch) requiring their services.
# United States Code/22/3902

As used in this chapter, the term--
    (1) "abroad" means all areas not included within the United States;
    (2) "agency" means an agency as defined in section 552(e)of title 5 [1] ;
    (3) "chief of mission" means the principal officer in charge of a diplomatic mission of the United States or of a United States office abroad which is designated by the Secretary of State as diplomatic in nature, including any individual assigned under section 3982(c) of this title to be temporarily in charge of such a mission or office;
    (4) "Department" means the Department of State, except that with reference to the exercise of functions under this chapter with respect to another agency authorized by law to utilize the Foreign Service personnel system, such term means that other agency;
    (5) "employee" (except as provided in section 4102(8) of this title) means, when used with respect to an agency or to the Government generally, an officer or employee (including a member of the Service) or a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, or the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;
    (6) "function" includes any duty, obligation, power, authority, responsibility, right, privilege, discretion, or activity;
    (7) "Government" means the Government of the United States;
    (8) "merit principles" means the principles set out in section 2301(b) of title 5;
    (9) "principal officer" means the officer in charge of a diplomatic mission, consular mission (other than a consular agency), or other Foreign Service post;
    (10) "Secretary" means the Secretary of State, except that (subject to section 3921 of this title) with reference to the exercise of functions under this Act with respect to any agency authorized by law to utilize the Foreign Service personnel system, such term means the head of that agency;
    (11) "Service" or "Foreign Service" means the Foreign Service of the United States; and
    (12) "United States", when used in a geographic sense, means the several States and the District of Columbia.

### Notes

NOTES:
Source
(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 102, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2075; Pub. L. 98–164, title I, § 130(a), Nov. 22, 1983, 97 Stat. 1027.)
References in Text
Section 552(e)of title 5, referred to in par. (2), was redesignated section 552(f)of title 5 by section 1802(b) of Pub. L. 99–570.
Amendments
1983—Pub. L. 98–164 struck out “(a)” before “As used in this chapter”, and struck out subsec. (b) which provided that references to Foreign Service officers in any provision be deemed to refer to, with respect to the United States Information Agency, Foreign Service Information officers.
# United States Code/22/3921

    (a) Under the direction of the President, the Secretary of State shall administer and direct the Service and shall coordinate its activities with the needs of the Department of State and other agencies.
    (b) The Secretary of State alone among the heads of agencies utilizing the Foreign Service personnel system shall perform the functions expressly vested in the Secretary of State by this chapter.
# United States Code/22/3903

The following are the members of the Service:
    (1) Chiefs of mission, appointed under section 3942(a)(1) of this title or assigned under section 3982(c) of this title.
    (2) Ambassadors at large, appointed under section 3942(a)(1) of this title.
    (3) Members of the Senior Foreign Service, appointed under section 3942(a)(1) or 3943 of this title, who are the corps of leaders and experts for the management of the Service and the performance of its functions.
    (4) Foreign Service officers, appointed under section 3942(a)(1)of this title, who have general responsibility for carrying out the functions of the Service.
    (5) Foreign Service personnel, United States citizens appointed under section 3943 of this title, who provide skills and services required for effective performance by the Service.
    (6) Foreign national employees, foreign nationals appointed under section 3943 of this title, who provide clerical, administrative, technical, fiscal, and other support at Foreign Service posts abroad.
    (7) Consular agents, appointed under section 3943 of this title by the Secretary of State, who provide consular and related services as authorized by the Secretary of State at specified locations abroad where no Foreign Service posts are situated.
# United States Code/22/3922

    (a)
       (1) The Broadcasting Board of Governors and the Administrator of the Agency for International Development may utilize the Foreign Service personnel system with respect to their respective agencies in accordance with this chapter.
       (2) The Secretary of Agriculture may utilize the Foreign Service personnel system in accordance with this chapter—
          ((A) with respect to personnel of the Foreign Agricultural Service, and
          (B) with respect to other personnel of the Department of Agriculture to the extent the President determines to be necessary in order to enable the Department of Agriculture to carry out functions which require service abroad.
       (3) The Secretary of Commerce may utilize the Foreign Service personnel system in accordance with this chapter—
          (A) with respect to the personnel performing functions transferred to the Department of Commerce from the Department of State by Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1979, and
          (B) with respect to other personnel of the Department of Commerce to the extent the President determines to be necessary in order to enable the Department of Commerce to carry out functions which require service abroad.
       (4)
          (A) Whenever (and to the extent) the Secretary of State considers it in the best interests of the United States Government, the Secretary of State may authorize the head of any agency or other Government establishment (including any establishment in the legislative or judicial branch) to appoint under section 3943 of this title individuals described in subparagraph (B) as members of the Service and to utilize the Foreign Service personnel system with respect to such individuals under such regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe.
          (B) The individuals referred to in subparagraph (A) are individuals eligible for employment abroad under section 3951 (a) of this title.
    (b) Subject to section 3921 (b) of this title—
       (1) the agency heads referred to in subsection (a) of this section, and
       (2) the head of any other agency (to the extent authority to utilize the Foreign Service personnel system is granted to such agency head under any other chapter), shall in the case of their respective agencies exercise the functions vested in the Secretary by this chapter.
# United States Code/22/3922a

§ 3922a. Representation of minorities and women in Foreign Service
    (a) Development of program
    The head of each agency utilizing the Foreign Service personnel system shall develop, consistent with section 7201 of title 5, a plan designed to increase significantly the number of members of minority groups and women in the Foreign Service in that agency.
    (b) Emphasis on mid-levels
    Each plan developed pursuant to this section shall, consistent with section 7201 of title 5, place particular emphasis on achieving significant increases in the numbers of minority group members and women who are in the mid-levels of the Foreign Service.
# United States Code/Title 5/Chapter 5/Section 559

§ 559. Effect on other laws; effect of subsequent statute
This subchapter, chapter 7, and sections 1305, 3105, 3344, 4301 (2)(E), 5372, and 7521 of this title, and the provisions of section 5335 (a)(B) of this title that relate to administrative law judges, do not limit or repeal additional requirements imposed by statute or otherwise recognized by law. Except as otherwise required by law, requirements or privileges relating to evidence or procedure apply equally to agencies and persons. Each agency is granted the authority necessary to comply with the requirements of this subchapter through the issuance of rules or otherwise. Subsequent statute may not be held to supersede or modify this subchapter, chapter 7, sections 1305, 3105, 3344, 4301 (2)(E), 5372, and 7521 of this title, or the provisions of section 5335 (a)(B) of this title that relate to administrative law judges, except to the extent that it does so expressly.
# United States Code/Title 5/Part I

From the Cornell Law School U.S. Code Collection
Title 5—Government Organization and Employees Part I—The Agencies Generally
* Chapter 1—Organization
* Chapter 3—Powers
* Chapter 5—Adminstrative Procedure
* Chapter 6—The Analysis of Regulatory Functions
* Chapter 7—Judicial Review
* Chapter 8—Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking
* Chapter 9—Executive Reorganization
# United States Code/Title 5/Part I/Chapter 1

From the Cornell Law School U.S. Code Collection

### § 101. Executive departments

The Executive departments are:
    The Department of State.
    The Department of the Treasury.
    The Department of Defense.
    The Department of Justice.
    The Department of the Interior.
    The Department of Agriculture.
    The Department of Commerce.
    The Department of Labor.
    The Department of Housing and Urban Development.
    The Department of Transportation.
    The Department of Energy.
    The Department of Education.
    The Department of Veterans Affairs.
    The Department of Homeland Security.

### § 102. Military departments

The military departments are: The Department of the Army. The Department of the Navy. The Department of the Air Force.

### § 103. Government corporation

For the purpose of this title—
    (1) “Government corporation” means a corporation owned or controlled by the Government of the United States; and
    (2) “Government controlled corporation” does not include a corporation owned by the Government of the United States.

### § 104. Independent establishment

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 Rate 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.

### § 105. Executive agency

For the purpose of this title, “Executive agency” means an Executive department, a Government corporation, and an independent establishment.
# United States Code/Title 5/Part I/Chapter 5

The Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (P.L. 79-404) is the United States federal law that governs the way in which administrative agencies of the federal government of the United States may propose and establish regulations. The APA also sets up a process for the United States federal courts to directly review agency decisions. It is one of the most important pieces of United States administrative law. The Act became law in 1946. For the legislation as it was originally enacted, see Administrative Procedure Act. Warning: template has been deprecated.
Title 5—Government Organization and Employees Part I—The Agencies Generally Chapter 5—Administrative Procedure
# United States Code/Title 5/Chapter 5/Section 558

§ 558. Imposition of sanctions; determination of applications for licenses; suspension, revocation, and expiration of licenses
    (a) This section applies, according to the provisions thereof, to the exercise of a power or authority.
    (b) A sanction may not be imposed or a substantive rule or order issued except within jurisdiction delegated to the agency and as authorized by law.
    (c) When application is made for a license required by law, the agency, with due regard for the rights and privileges of all the interested parties or adversely affected persons and within a reasonable time, shall set and complete proceedings required to be conducted in accordance with sections 556 and 557 of this title or other proceedings required by law and shall make its decision. Except in cases of willfulness or those in which public health, interest, or safety requires otherwise, the withdrawal, suspension, revocation, or annulment of a license is lawful only if, before the institution of agency proceedings therefor, the licensee has been given—
       (1) notice by the agency in writing of the facts or conduct which may warrant the action; and
       (2) opportunity to demonstrate or achieve compliance with all lawful requirements.
    When the licensee has made timely and sufficient application for a renewal or a new license in accordance with agency rules, a license with reference to an activity of a continuing nature does not expire until the application has been finally determined by the agency.
# United States Code/Title 5/Chapter 5/Section 561

§ 561. Purpose
The purpose of this subchapter is to establish a framework for the conduct of negotiated rulemaking, consistent with section 553 of this title, to encourage agencies to use the process when it enhances the informal rulemaking process. Nothing in this subchapter should be construed as an attempt to limit innovation and experimentation with the negotiated rulemaking process or with other innovative rulemaking procedures otherwise authorized by law.