### Question
How is the term operating agency defined?


### Answer
The term **operating agency** is defined in *APPENDIX U.S.C. § 1941s* as the following:

> 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**

