---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 103"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "103"
heading: "Government corporation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/103"
units:
  - "Part I — The Agencies Generally"
  - "Chapter 1 — Organization"
---

# §103. Government corporation


For the purpose of this title—

- (1) “Government corporation” means a corporation owned or controlled by the Government of the United States; and
- (2) “Government controlled corporation” does not include a corporation owned by the Government of the United States.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.)

## Notes

### Historical and Revision Notes

The section is supplied to avoid the necessity for defining “Government corporation” and “Government controlled corporation” each time it is used in this title.