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[CITE: 5USC5521]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                      Subpart D--Pay and Allowances
 
                     CHAPTER 55--PAY ADMINISTRATION
 
      SUBCHAPTER III--ADVANCEMENT, ALLOTMENT, AND ASSIGNMENT OF PAY
 
Sec. 5521. Definitions

    For the purpose of this subchapter--
        (1) ``agency'' means--
            (A) an Executive agency;
            (B) the judicial branch;
            (C) the Library of Congress;
            (D) the Government Printing Office; and
            (E) the government of the District of Columbia;

        (2) ``employee'' means an individual employed in or under an 
    agency;
        (3) ``head of each agency'' means--
            (A) the Director of the Administrative Office of the United 
        States Courts with respect to the judicial branch; and
            (B) the Mayor of the District of Columbia with respect to 
        the government of the District of Columbia; and

        (4) ``United States'', when used in a geographical sense, means 
    the several States and the District of Columbia.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 479; Pub. L. 90-623, 
Sec. 1(10), Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1312; Pub. L. 96-54, Sec. 2(a)(31), 
Aug. 14, 1979, 93 Stat. 383.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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                                                    Revised Statutes and
     Derivation                U.S. Code             Statutes at Large
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                     5 U.S.C. 3071.                Sept. 26, 1961, Pub.
                                                    L. 87-304, Sec.  1,
                                                    75 Stat. 662.
                                                   June 24, 1965, Pub.
                                                    L. 89-47, 79 Stat.
                                                    171.
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    In paragraph (1), the word ``agency'' is substituted for 
``department''. The term ``Executive agency'' is substituted for the 
reference to ``each executive department of the Government of the United 
States of America; each agency or independent establishment in the 
executive branch of such Government; each corporation wholly owned or 
controlled by such Government'' in former section 3071(1)(A)-(C).
    Paragraph (2) is added for clarity and in view of the fact that the 
definition of ``employee'' in section 2105 does not include individuals 
employed by the government of the District of Columbia.
    In paragraph (3), the term ``department head'' is omitted as 
unnecessary.
    In paragraph (4), the words ``of the United States of America'' are 
omitted as unnecessary.
    Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable 
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.


                               Amendments

    1979--Par. (3)(B). Pub. L. 96-54 substituted ``Mayor'' for 
``Commissioner''.
    1968--Par. (3)(B). Pub. L. 90-623 substituted ``Commissioner'' for 
``Board of Commissioners''.


                    Effective Date of 1979 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-54 effective July 12, 1979, see section 2(b) 
of Pub. L. 96-54, set out as a note under section 305 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1968 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 90-623 intended to restate without substantive 
change the law in effect on Oct. 22, 1968, see section 6 of Pub. L. 90-
623, set out as a note under section 5334 of this title.
