{"identifier":"/us/usc/t5/s3401","title":5,"num":"\u00a7\u202f3401.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f3401.\nDefinitions\nFor the purpose of this chapter\u2014\n(1) \u201cagency\u201d means\u2014\n(A) an Executive agency;\n(B) a military department;\n(C) an agency in the judicial branch;\n(D) the Library of Congress;\n(E) the Botanic Garden; and\n(F) the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; but does not include\u2014\n(i) a Government controlled corporation;\n(ii) the Tennessee Valley Authority;\n(iii) the Virgin Islands Corporation;\n(iv) the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice;\n(v) the Central Intelligence Agency; and\n(vi) the National Security Agency, Department of Defense; and\n(2) \u201cpart-time career employment\u201d 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.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t5/s3401.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t5/s3401","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f3401."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"For the purpose of this chapter\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s3401/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" \u201cagency\u201d means\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t5/s3401/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" an Executive agency;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t5/s3401/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" a military department;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t5/s3401/1/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" an agency in the judicial branch;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t5/s3401/1/D","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(D)"},{"t":"content","text":" the Library of Congress;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t5/s3401/1/E","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(E)"},{"t":"content","text":" the Botanic Garden; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t5/s3401/1/F","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(F)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; but does not include\u2014"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t5/s3401/1/F/i","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(i)"},{"t":"content","text":" a Government controlled corporation;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t5/s3401/1/F/ii","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(ii)"},{"t":"content","text":" the Tennessee Valley Authority;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t5/s3401/1/F/iii","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(iii)"},{"t":"content","text":" the Virgin Islands Corporation;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t5/s3401/1/F/iv","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(iv)"},{"t":"content","text":" the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t5/s3401/1/F/v","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(v)"},{"t":"content","text":" the Central Intelligence Agency; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t5/s3401/1/F/vi","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(vi)"},{"t":"content","text":" the National Security Agency, Department of Defense; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s3401/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cpart-time career employment\u201d 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.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}