{"identifier":"/us/usc/t5/s9801","title":5,"num":"\u00a7\u202f9801.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f9801.\nDefinitions\nFor purposes of this chapter\u2014\n(1) the term \u201cAdministration\u201d means the National Aeronautics and Space Administration;\n(2) the term \u201cAdministrator\u201d means the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration;\n(3) the term \u201ccritical need\u201d means a specific and important safety, management, engineering, science, research, or operations requirement of the Administration\u2019s mission that the Administration is unable to fulfill because the Administration lacks the appropriate employees because\u2014\n(A) of the inability to fill positions; or\n(B) employees do not possess the requisite skills;\n(4) the term \u201cemployee\u201d means an individual employed in or under the Administration;\n(5) the term \u201cworkforce plan\u201d means the plan required under section 9802(a);\n(6) the term \u201cappropriate committees of Congress\u201d means\u2014\n(A) the Committees on Government Reform, Science, and Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and\n(B) the Committees on Governmental Affairs, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Appropriations of the Senate;\n(7) the term \u201credesignation bonus\u201d means a bonus under section 9804 paid to an individual described in subsection (a)(2) thereof;\n(8) the term \u201csupervisor\u201d has the meaning given such term by section 7103(a)(10); and\n(9) the term \u201cmanagement official\u201d has the meaning given such term by section 7103(a)(11).","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t5/s9801.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t5/s9801","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f9801."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"For purposes of this chapter\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s9801/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cAdministration\u201d means the National Aeronautics and Space Administration;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s9801/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cAdministrator\u201d means the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s9801/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" the term \u201ccritical need\u201d means a specific and important safety, management, engineering, science, research, or operations requirement of the Administration\u2019s mission that the Administration is unable to fulfill because the Administration lacks the appropriate employees because\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t5/s9801/3/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" of the inability to fill positions; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t5/s9801/3/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" employees do not possess the requisite skills;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s9801/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cemployee\u201d means an individual employed in or under the Administration;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s9801/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cworkforce plan\u201d means the plan required under section 9802(a);","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s9801/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" the term \u201cappropriate committees of Congress\u201d means\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t5/s9801/6/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" the Committees on Government Reform, Science, and Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t5/s9801/6/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" the Committees on Governmental Affairs, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Appropriations of the Senate;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s9801/7","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(7)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201credesignation bonus\u201d means a bonus under section 9804 paid to an individual described in subsection (a)(2) thereof;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s9801/8","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(8)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201csupervisor\u201d has the meaning given such term by section 7103(a)(10); and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s9801/9","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(9)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cmanagement official\u201d has the meaning given such term by section 7103(a)(11).","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}