
      As used in this title:
      The term "department" means one of the executive departments
    enumerated in section 1 of Title 5, unless the context shows that
    such term was intended to describe the executive, legislative, or
    judicial branches of the government.
      The term "agency" 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.

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