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United States Code Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees

§ 3401. Definitions

§ 3401.

Definitions

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.