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United States Code Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees

§ 5561. Definitions

§ 5561.

Definitions

For the purpose of this subchapter—

(1)

“agency” means an Executive agency and a military department;

(2)

“employee” means an employee in or under an agency who is a citizen or national of the United States or an alien admitted to the United States for permanent residence, but does not include a part-time or intermittent employee or native labor casually hired on an hourly or daily basis. However, such an employee who enters a status listed in paragraph (5)(A)–(E) of this section—

(A)

inside the continental United States; or

(B)

who is a resident at or in the vicinity of his place of employment in a territory or possession of the United States or in a foreign country and who was not living there solely as a result of his employment;

is an employee for the purpose of this subchapter only on a determination by the head of the agency concerned that this status is the proximate result of employment by the agency;

(3)

“dependent” means—

(A)

a wife;

(B)

an unmarried child (including an unmarried dependent stepchild or adopted child) under 21 years of age;

(C)

a dependent mother or father;

(D)

a dependent designated in official rec­ords; and

(E)

an individual determined to be dependent by the head of the agency concerned or his designee;

(4)

“active service” means active Federal service by an employee;

(5)

“missing status” means the status of an employee who is in active service and is officially carried or determined to be absent in a status of—

(A)

missing;

(B)

missing in action;

(C)

interned in a foreign country;

(D)

captured, beleaguered, or besieged by a hostile force; or

(E)

detained in a foreign country against his will;

but does not include the status of an employee for a period during which he is officially determined to be absent from his post of duty without authority; and

(6)

“pay and allowances” means—

(A)

basic pay;

(B)

special pay;

(C)

incentive pay;

(D)

basic allowance for housing;

(E)

basic allowance for subsistence; and

(F)

station per diem allowances for not more than 90 days.