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[CITE: 5USC5721]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                      Subpart D--Pay and Allowances
 
           CHAPTER 57--TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION, AND SUBSISTENCE
 
   SUBCHAPTER II--TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES; NEW APPOINTEES, 
               STUDENT TRAINEES, AND TRANSFERRED EMPLOYEES
 
Sec. 5721. Definitions

    For the purpose of this subchapter--
        (1) ``agency'' means--
            (A) an Executive agency;
            (B) a military department;
            (C) a court of the United States;
            (D) the Administrative Office of the United States Courts;
            (E) the Library of Congress;
            (F) the Botanic Garden;
            (G) the Government Printing Office; and
            (H) the government of the District of Columbia;

    but does not include a Government controlled corporation;
        (2) ``employee'' means an individual employed in or under an 
    agency;
        (3) ``continental United States'' means the several States and 
    the District of Columbia, but does not include Alaska or Hawaii;
        (4) ``Government'' means the government of the United States and 
    the government of the District of Columbia;
        (5) ``appropriation'' includes funds made available by statute 
    under section 9104 of title 31;
        (6) ``United States'' means the several States, the District of 
    Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the 
    Northern Mariana Islands, the territories and possessions of the 
    United States, and the areas and installations in the Republic of 
    Panama that are made available to the United States pursuant to the 
    Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and related agreements (as described in 
    section 3(a) of the Panama Canal Act of 1979); and
        (7) ``Foreign Service of the United States'' means the Foreign 
    Service as constituted under the Foreign Service Act of 1980.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 500; Pub. L. 97-258, 
Sec. 3(a)(14), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1063; Pub. L. 105-264, 
Sec. 6(1), Oct. 19, 1998, 112 Stat. 2356.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    The section is based on sections 18 and 19 of the Act of Aug. 2, 
1946, ch. 744, 60 Stat. 811, 812. Sections 18 and 19 of the Act of Aug. 
2, 1946, are omitted from this title and transferred to other titles of 
the United States Code since such sections apply also to sections 9, 11, 
and 16(a) of the Act of Aug. 2, 1946, which sections appear in titles 31 
and 41 of the United States Code.
    Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable 
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

                       References in Text

    Section 3(a) of the Panama Canal Act of 1979, referred to in par. 
(6), is classified to section 3602(a) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and 
Intercourse.
    The Foreign Service Act of 1980, referred to in par. (7), is Pub. L. 
96-465, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2071, as amended, which is classified 
principally to chapter 52 (Sec. 3901 et seq.) of Title 22, Foreign 
Relations and Intercourse. For complete classification of this Act to 
the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 3901 of Title 22 
and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1998--Pars. (6), (7). Pub. L. 105-264 added pars. (6) and (7).
    1982--Par. (5). Pub. L. 97-258 substituted ``section 9104'' for 
``section 849''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 302, 503, 3109, 5734, 5913 
of this title; title 26 section 912; title 42 section 8241.
