31 USC § 735 - Relationship to other laws

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identifier: "/us/usc/t31/s735"
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title: "31 USC § 735 - Relationship to other laws"
title_number: 31
title_name: "MONEY AND FINANCE"
section_number: "735"
section_name: "Relationship to other laws"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "PERSONNEL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 899; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814; Pub. L. 110–323, § 9(b)(3), Sept. 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 3548.)"
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# § 735. Relationship to other laws

**(a)** Except as provided in section 733(c) of this title, this subchapter and subchapter IV of this chapter do not affect sections 702(b), 703, 731(c) and (e), 772, 775(a) and (d) of this title.

**(b)** Except as specifically provided in this subchapter and subchapter IV of this chapter, those subchapters do not change the application of a law applicable to officers and employees of the Government Accountability Office.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 899; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814; Pub. L. 110–323, § 9(b)(3), Sept. 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 3548.)

| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 735(a) | 31:52–6(a). | Feb. 15, 1980, Pub. L. 96–191, § 7, 94 Stat. 33. |
| 735(b) | 31:52–6(b). |  |

In subsection (a), the words “repealing, amending, or otherwise” are omitted as surplus.

In subsection (b), the words “repeal . . . or limit” are omitted as surplus. The words “officers and” are added for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2008—Subsec. (a).  substituted “731(c) and (e),” for “731(c)–(e),”.

2004—Subsec. (b).  substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office”.