---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 U.S.C. § 101"
title: "31"
title_heading: "Money and Finance"
number: "101"
heading: "Agency"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/31/101"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — General"
  - "Chapter 1 — Definitions"
---

# §101. Agency


In this title, “[agency](/usc/31/701.md?p=1)” means a department, [agency](/usc/31/701.md?p=1), or instrumentality of the United States Government.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 101 | (no source). |  |

The section is included to avoid the necessity for defining “agency” each time it is used in the revised title.