English > executive agency: 1 sense > noun 1, group| Meaning | An agency of the executive branch of government. |
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| Part of | executive branch, Executive Office of the President | The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws |
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| Narrower | Atomic Energy Commission, AEC | A former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States |
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| Council of Economic Advisors | An executive agency responsible / responsible for providing economic advice to the President |
| Council on Environmental Policy | The executive agency that advises the President on protecting the environment |
| Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joint Chiefs | The executive agency that advises the President on military questions |
| Manhattan Project | A former United States executive agency that was responsible / responsible for developing atomic bombs during World War II |
| National Security Council, NSC | A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign / foreign and military and national security |
| Office of Management and Budget, OMB | The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget |
| United States Trade Representative, US Trade Representative | The executive agency that administers the President's policies on international trade |
| Broader | agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority | An administrative unit of government |
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| Spanish | agencia ejecutiva |
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| Catalan | agència executiva |
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