5 U.S.C. § 3401 — Definitions

submitted 48 years ago by Pub. L. 95-437 to r/title-5-GOVERNMENT-ORGANIZATION-AND-EMPLOYEES · 176 words · no verdicts yet

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This section defines “agency” for this chapter and lists entities excluded from that definition. It also defines “part-time career employment” as regular employment of 16 to 32 hours per week, with a corresponding biweekly range for certain schedules, excluding temporary or intermittent work.

(1) “Agency” means (A) an Executive agency, (B) a military department, (C) a judicial-branch agency, (D) the Library of Congress, (E) the Botanic Garden, or (F) the Office of the Architect of the Capitol. It does not include (i) a Government-controlled corporation, (ii) the Tennessee Valley Authority, (iii) the Virgin Islands Corporation, (iv) the FBI in the Department of Justice, (v) the Central Intelligence Agency, or (vi) the National Security Agency in the Defense Department. (2) “Part-time career employment” means employment for 16 to 32 hours each week, or 32 to 64 hours in a biweekly pay period under a flexible or compressed schedule under subchapter II of chapter 61. The schedule may have equal or varying daily hours. It may be a position that would otherwise be part-time or one created for job sharing or a similar arrangement. It does not include temporary or intermittent employment. This section does not define the quoted terms further.

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For the purpose of this chapter—

(1)

“agency” means—

(A)

an Executive agency;

(B)

a military department;

(C)

an agency in the judicial branch;

(D)

the Library of Congress;

(E)

the Botanic Garden; and

(F)

the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; but does not include—

(i)

a Government controlled corporation;

(ii)

the Tennessee Valley Authority;

(iii)

the Virgin Islands Corporation;

(iv)

the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice;

(v)

the Central Intelligence Agency; and

(vi)

the National Security Agency, Department of Defense; and

(2)

“part-time career employment” means part-time employment of 16 to 32 hours a week (or 32 to 64 hours during a biweekly pay period in the case of a flexible or compressed work schedule under subchapter II of chapter 61 of this title) under a schedule consisting of an equal or varied number of hours per day, whether in a position which would be part-time without regard to this section or one established to allow job-sharing or comparable arrangements, but does not include employment on a temporary or intermittent basis.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 95–437, § 3(a), Oct. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 1056, § 3391; renumbered § 3401 and amended Pub. L. 95–454, title IX, § 906(c)(1)(B), (2)(A), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1226; Pub. L. 97–221, § 3, July 23, 1982, 96 Stat. 233; Pub. L. 97–468, title VI, § 615(b)(1)(B), Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2578; Pub. L. 102–378, § 2(15), Oct. 2, 1992, 106 Stat. 1347; Pub. L. 104–201, div. C, title XXXV, § 3548(a)(1), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2868.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1978Enacted · Pub. L. 95-437 · 92 Stat. 1056
1978Amended · Pub. L. 95-454 · 92 Stat. 1226
1982Amended · Pub. L. 97-221 · 96 Stat. 233
1983Amended · Pub. L. 97-468 · 96 Stat. 2578
1992Amended · Pub. L. 102-378 · 106 Stat. 1347
1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-201 · 110 Stat. 2868

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 95-437 on 1978-10-10.

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