{"identifier":"/us/usc/t5/s5521","title":5,"num":"\u00a7\u202f5521.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f5521.\nDefinitions\nFor the purpose of this subchapter\u2014\n(1) \u201cagency\u201d means\u2014\n(A) an Executive agency;\n(B) the judicial branch;\n(C) the Library of Congress;\n(D) the Government Publishing Office; and\n(E) the government of the District of Columbia;\n(2) \u201cemployee\u201d means an individual employed in or under an agency;\n(3) \u201chead of each agency\u201d means\u2014\n(A) the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts with respect to the judicial branch; and\n(B) the Mayor of the District of Columbia with respect to the government of the District of Columbia; and\n(4) \u201cUnited States\u201d, when used in a geographical sense, means the several States and the District of Columbia.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t5/s5521.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t5/s5521","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f5521."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"For the purpose of this subchapter\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s5521/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" \u201cagency\u201d means\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t5/s5521/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" an Executive agency;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t5/s5521/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" the judicial branch;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t5/s5521/1/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" the Library of Congress;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t5/s5521/1/D","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(D)"},{"t":"content","text":" the Government Publishing Office; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t5/s5521/1/E","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(E)"},{"t":"content","text":" the government of the District of Columbia;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s5521/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cemployee\u201d means an individual employed in or under an agency;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s5521/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" \u201chead of each agency\u201d means\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t5/s5521/3/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts with respect to the judicial branch; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t5/s5521/3/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" the Mayor of the District of Columbia with respect to the government of the District of Columbia; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s5521/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cUnited States\u201d, when used in a geographical sense, means the several States and the District of Columbia.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}