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<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">Membership in a reserve component of the armed forces or in the National Guard does not prevent an individual from practicing his civilian profession or occupation before, or in connection with, an agency of the United States.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="id4fa9be9d-f67c-11e5-87ee-a95dc0577289">(<ref href="/us/pl/89/554">Pub. L. 89–554</ref>, <date date="1966-09-06">Sept. 6, 1966</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/80/381">80 Stat. 381</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="width:41.0pt ; max-width:41.0pt; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle; border-right:1px solid black;"><p style=" text-align:center;"><i>Derivation</i></p></th><th style="width:70.0pt ; max-width:70.0pt; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle; border-right:1px solid black; border-left:1px solid black;"><p style=" text-align:center;"><i>U.S. Code</i></p></th><th style="min-width: 95.0pt; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle; border-left:1px solid black;"><p style=" text-align:center; margin-bottom:0em;"><i>Revised Statutes and</i></p><p style=" text-align:center; margin-top:0em;"><i>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> </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;"><a href="/us/usc/t5/s30r/c">5 U.S.C. 30r(c)</a> (2d sentence).</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/1956-08-10/ch1041">Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041</a>, § 29(c) (2d sentence), <a href="/us/stat/70A/632">70A Stat. 632</a>.</p></td></tr>
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<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.</p>
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