5 U.S.C. § 5721
Section 5721 · Definitions
Version as of October 19, 1998, with additions and removals from the September 13, 1982 version.
For the purpose of this subchapter—
For the purpose of this subchapter—
(1) “agency” means—
(1) “agency” means—
(A) an Executive agency;
(A) an Executive agency;
(B) a military department;
(B) a military department;
(C) a court of the United States;
(C) a court of the United States;
(D) the Administrative Office of the United States Courts;
(D) the Administrative Office of the United States Courts;
(E) the Library of Congress;
(E) the Library of Congress;
(F) the Botanic Garden;
(F) the Botanic Garden;
(G) the Government Printing Office; and
(G) the Government Printing Office; and
(H) the government of the District of Columbia;
(H) the government of the District of Columbia;
but does not include a Government controlled corporation;
but does not include a Government controlled corporation;
(2) “employee” means an individual employed in or under an agency;
(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;
(3) “continental United States” means the several States and the District of Columbia, but does not include Alaska or Hawaii;
(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.