Section 9901 · Definitions

Amended 1 time on record

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case American Federation of Government Employees v. Rumsfeld (2006)

Most recently applied in American Federation of Government Employees v. Gates (May 2007)

For purposes of this chapter—

(1) the term “Director” means the Director of the Office of Personnel Management; and

(2) the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Defense.

Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel

Impact on Department of Defense Civilian Personnel

Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title XI, §1101(b), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1633, provided that:

“(1) Any exercise of authority under chapter 99 of such title [this chapter] (as added by subsection (a)), including under any system established under such chapter, shall be in conformance with the requirements of this subsection.

“(2) No other provision of this Act [see Tables for classification] or of any amendment made by this Act may be construed or applied in a manner so as to limit, supersede, or otherwise affect the provisions of this section [enacting this chapter], except to the extent that it does so by specific reference to this section.”