5 U.S.C. § 3401
Section 3401 · Definitions
Current version, with additions and removals from the October 2, 1992 version.
For the purpose of this chapter—
For the purpose of this chapter—
(1) “agency” means—
(1) “agency” means—
(A) an Executive agency;
(A) an Executive agency;
(B) a military department;
(B) a military department;
(C) an agency in the judicial branch;
(C) an agency in the judicial branch;
(D) the Library of Congress;
(D) the Library of Congress;
(E) the Botanic Garden; and
(E) the Botanic Garden; and
(F) the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; but does not include—
(F) the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; but does not include—
(i) a Government controlled corporation;
(i) a Government controlled corporation;
(ii) the Tennessee Valley Authority;
(ii) the Tennessee Valley Authority;
(iii) the Virgin Islands Corporation;
(iii) the Virgin Islands Corporation;
(iv) the Panama Canal Company;
(2) “part-time career employment” means part-time employment of 16 to 32 hours a week (or 32 to 64 hours during a biweekly pay period in the case of a flexible or compressed work schedule under subchapter II of chapter 61 of this title) under a schedule consisting of an equal or varied number of hours per day, whether in a position which would be part-time without regard to this section or one established to allow job-sharing or comparable arrangements, but does not include employment on a temporary or intermittent basis.
(2) “part-time career employment” means part-time employment of 16 to 32 hours a week (or 32 to 64 hours during a biweekly pay period in the case of a flexible or compressed work schedule under subchapter II of chapter 61 of this title) under a schedule consisting of an equal or varied number of hours per day, whether in a position which would be part-time without regard to this section or one established to allow job-sharing or comparable arrangements, but does not include employment on a temporary or intermittent basis.