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Commodities commission; United States; (note that some may be listed under
'Department', 'United States', or the name of the agency or department, until
updated).
Undated:
Independent agencies of
the
United States federal government are those
agencies that exist outside the
federal executive departments (those headed by a
Cabinet secretary) and the
Executive Office of the President.[1]
In a more narrow sense, the term may also be used to describe agencies that,
while constitutionally part of the
executive branch, are independent of presidential control, usually because
the president's power to dismiss the agency head or a member is limited.
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Established through separate
statutes passed by the
Congress, each respective
statutory grant of authority defines the goals the agency must work towards,
as well as what substantive areas, if any, over which it may have the power of
rulemaking.
These agency rules (or
regulations), when in force, have the power of federal law. [see included
list at wikipedia link below]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_agencies_of_the_United_States_government
Undated: List of federal agencies in the
United States
Legislative definitions of a federal
agency are varied, and even contradictory, and the official
United States Government Manual offers no definition.[1][2]
While the
Administrative Procedure Act definition of "agency" applies to most
executive branch agencies, Congress may define an agency however it chooses
in enabling legislation, and subsequent litigation, often involving the
Freedom of Information Act and the
Government in the Sunshine Act. These further cloud attempts to enumerate a
list of agencies.[3][4]
The executive branch of
the federal government includes the
Executive Office of the President and the
United States federal executive departments (whose secretaries belong to the
Cabinet). Employees of the majority of these agencies are considered
civil servants.
The majority of the
independent agencies of the United States government are also classified as
executive agencies (they are independent in that they are not subordinated under
a Cabinet position). There are a small number of independent agencies that are
not considered part of the executive branch, such as the
Library of Congress and
Congressional Budget Office, administered directly by
Congress and thus are
legislative branch agencies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federal_agencies_in_the_United_States
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