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<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">The purpose of this chapter is to protect the interests of the United States and of the participants and their beneficiaries in Government pension plans by requiring complete disclosure of the financial condition of those plans.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="id232c03d1-3bf5-11e3-9fd0-985dd9cd422a">(<ref href="/us/pl/97/258">Pub. L. 97–258</ref>, <date date="1982-09-13">Sept. 13, 1982</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/96/1050">96 Stat. 1050</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<p style=""><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Historical and Revision Notes</span></p></th>
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<th style="min-width: 38.0pt; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle; border-right:1px solid black;"><p style=" text-align:center;"><i>Revised Section</i></p></th><th style="width:68.0pt ; max-width:68.0pt; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle; border-right:1px solid black; border-left:1px solid black;"><p style=" text-align:center;"><i>Source (U.S. Code)</i></p></th><th style="width:100.0pt ; max-width:100.0pt; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle; border-left:1px solid black;"><p style=" text-align:center;"><i>Source (Statutes at Large)</i></p></th></tr>
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<tr style="border-top:1px solid black; -uslm-lc:I01;"><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; border-right:1px solid black; padding-right:2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;" class="leaders"><span>9501</span></p></td><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; border-right:1px solid black; border-left:1px solid black; padding-right:2pt; padding-left: 2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">31:68.</p></td><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; border-left:1px solid black; padding-left: 2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;"><a href="/us/act/1950-09-12/ch946">Sept. 12, 1950, ch. 946</a>, <a href="/us/stat/64/832">64 Stat. 832</a>, § 120; added <span class="date">Nov. 4, 1978</span>, <a href="/us/pl/95/595/s1">Pub. L. 95–595, § 1</a>, <a href="/us/stat/92/2541">92 Stat. 2541</a>.</p></td></tr>
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<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">The words “United States” are substituted for “Nation” for clarity and consistency. The words “and certain other pension plans” are omitted as unnecessary.</p>
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