### Question
What does operating agency mean?


### Answer
**Operating agency** has the following meaning in *APPENDIX U.S.C. § 1941s*:

> the Department, agency, officer, Government corporation, or instrumentality of the United States designated from time to time by the President pursuant to section 7(a) of the Rubber Act of 1948, as amended [section 1926(a) of this Appendix]

#### Citation:
  - *APPENDIX U.S.C. § 1941s*
  - Heading: **DISPOSAL OF GOVERNMENT-OWNED RUBBER-PRODUCING FACILITIES > ACT AUG. 7, 1953, CH. 338, 67 STAT. 408**

