5 USC § 418 - Rule of construction of special provisions

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title: "5 USC § 418 - Rule of construction of special provisions"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "418"
section_name: "Rule of construction of special provisions"
chapter_number: 4
chapter_name: "INSPECTORS GENERAL"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "THE AGENCIES GENERALLY"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 117–286, § 3(b), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4247.)"
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# § 418. Rule of construction of special provisions

section 415(a) of this title

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 .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 117–286, § 3(b), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4247.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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| 418 | 5 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. |