5 USC 4501 - Definitions

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§ 4501.

Definitions

For the purpose of this subchapter—

(1)

“agency” means—

(A)

an Executive agency;

(B)

the Library of Congress;

(C)

the Office of the Architect of the Capitol;

(D)

the Botanic Garden;

(E)

the Government Publishing Office;

(F)

the government of the District of Columbia; and

(G)

the United States Sentencing Commission;

but does not include—

(i)

the Tennessee Valley Authority; or

(ii)

the Central Bank for Cooperatives;

(2)

“employee” means—

(A)

an employee as defined by section 2105; and

(B)

an individual employed by the government of the District of Columbia; and

(3)

“Government” means the Government of the United States and the government of the District of Columbia.

(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 442; Pub. L. 95–454, title V, § 503(a), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1183; Pub. L. 97–35, title XVII, § 1703(b)(2), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 756; Pub. L. 98–615, title II, § 204(a)(1), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3216; Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7106(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4418; Pub. L. 101–474, § 5(f), Oct. 30, 1990, 104 Stat. 1100; Pub. L. 103–89, § 3(b)(1)(C), Sept. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 981; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(b), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.)

cite as: 5 USC 4501