Title 2 of the U.S. Code § 1502 - Definitions
Full text of § 1502 from Title 2 of the United States Code.
§ 1502. Definitions
For purposes of this chapter—
(1) except as provided in section 1555 of this title, the terms defined under section 658 of this title shall have the meanings as so defined; and
(2) the term "Director" means the Director of the Congressional Budget Office.
(Pub. L. 104–4, §3, Mar. 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 49.)
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This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original "this Act", meaning Pub. L. 104–4, Mar. 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 48, known as the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1501 of this title and Tables.
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