Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73
§418 Rule of construction of special provisions
Title 5 › Part PART I— - THE AGENCIES GENERALLY › Chapter CHAPTER 4— - INSPECTORS GENERAL › § 418
Summary
Special rules for a named establishment apply only to that establishment; you must not assume anything about other establishments or about a designated Federal entity defined in section 415(a).
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Title 5, §418
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The special provisions under section 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 416, or 421 of this title relate only to the establishment named in such section and no inference shall be drawn from the presence or absence of a provision in any such section with respect to an establishment not named in such section or with respect to a designated Federal entity as defined under section 415(a) of this title.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 4185 U.S.C. App. (IGA § 8J)Pub. L. 95–452, § 8J, formerly § 8F, as added Pub. L. 100–504, title I, § 105, Oct. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 2525; renumbered § 8G and amended Pub. L. 103–82, title II, § 202(g)(1), (5)(B), Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 889, 890; renumbered § 8H, Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(f) [title VI, § 662(b)(3)], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–314, 3009–380; Pub. L. 105–206, title I, § 1103(e)(3), July 22, 1998, 112 Stat. 709; renumbered § 8I and amended Pub. L. 105–272, title VII, § 702(b), Oct. 20, 1998, 112 Stat. 2415; renumbered § 8J, Pub. L. 108–7, div. L, § 104(b)(2), Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 529; Pub. L. 114–317, § 6(6), Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1604.
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5 U.S.C. § 418
Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees
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Apr 6, 2026
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