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+title: "5 U.S.C. § 5402"
+description: "Definitions"
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+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 5
+title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
+chapter_number: "54"
+chapter_name: "HUMAN CAPITAL PERFORMANCE FUND"
+section: "5402"
+citation: "5 U.S.C. § 5402"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
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+---
+
+# 5 U.S.C. § 5402 - Definitions
+
+## Text
+
+For the purpose of this chapter—
+
+(1) “agency” means an Executive agency under section 105, but does not include the Government Accountability Office;
+
+(2) “employee” includes—
+
+(A) an individual paid under a statutory pay system defined in section 5302(1);
+
+(B) a prevailing rate employee, as defined in section 5342(a)(2); and
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+(C) a category of employees included by the Office of Personnel Management following the review of an agency plan under section 5403(b)(1);
+
+but does not include—
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+(i) an individual paid at an annual rate of basic pay for a level of the Executive Schedule, under subchapter II of chapter 53, or at a rate provided for one of those levels under another provision of law;
+
+(ii) a member of the Senior Executive Service paid under subchapter VIII of chapter 53, or an equivalent system;
+
+(iii) an administrative law judge paid under section 5372;
+
+(iv) a contract appeals board member paid under section 5372a;
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+(v) an administrative appeals judge paid under section 5372b; and
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+(vi) an individual in a position which is excepted from the competitive service because of its confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character; and
+
+(3) “Office” means the Office of Personnel Management.
+
+(Added Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title XI, § 1129(a), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1642; amended Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Prior ProvisionsA prior section 5402, added Pub. L. 95–454, title V, § 501, Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1181; amended Pub. L. 98–615, title II, § 201(a), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3208, related to applicability of chapter, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–89, § 3(a)(1), (c), Sept. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 981, 983, eff. Nov. 1, 1993.
+
+Amendments2004—Par. (1). Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office”.