22 CFR § 1421.4 - Department.

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title: "22 CFR § 1421.4 - Department."
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title_name: "Foreign Relations"
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chapter_name: "FOREIGN SERVICE LABOR RELATIONS BOARD; FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY; GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY; AND THE FOREIGN SERVICE IMPASSE DISPUTES PANEL"
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subchapter_name: "FOREIGN SERVICE LABOR RELATIONS BOARD AND GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY"
part_number: "1421"
part_name: "MEANING OF TERMS AS USED IN THIS SUBCHAPTER"
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authority: "22 U.S.C. 4107(c)."
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# 1421.4 Department.

*Department* means the Department of State, except that with reference to the exercise of functions under this Act with respect to another agency authorized by law to utilize the Foreign Service personnel system, such term means that other agency.