{"identifier":"/us/usc/t5/s5921","title":5,"num":"\u00a7\u202f5921.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f5921.\nDefinitions\nFor the purpose of this subchapter\u2014\n(1) \u201cGovernment\u201d means the Government of the United States;\n(2) \u201cagency\u201d means an Executive agency and the Library of Congress, but does not include a Government controlled corporation;\n(3) \u201cemployee\u201d means an employee in or under an agency and more specifically defined by regulations prescribed by the President;\n(4) \u201cUnited States\u201d, when used in a geographical sense, means the several States and the District of Columbia;\n(5) \u201ccontinental United States\u201d means the several States and the District of Columbia, but does not include Alaska or Hawaii; and\n(6) \u201cforeign area\u201d means\u2014\n(A) the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; and\n(B) any other area outside the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, and territories and possessions of the United States.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t5/s5921.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t5/s5921","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f5921."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"For the purpose of this subchapter\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s5921/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cGovernment\u201d means the Government of the United States;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s5921/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cagency\u201d means an Executive agency and the Library of Congress, but does not include a Government controlled corporation;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s5921/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cemployee\u201d means an employee in or under an agency and more specifically defined by regulations prescribed by the President;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s5921/4","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":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s5921/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201ccontinental United States\u201d means the several States and the District of Columbia, but does not include Alaska or Hawaii; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s5921/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" \u201cforeign area\u201d means\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t5/s5921/6/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t5/s5921/6/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" any other area outside the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, and territories and possessions of the United States.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}