Fabio
00a184bb3c
Raw OLRC USLM XML zips @ release 119-100 (retrieved 2026-07-04 via Atlas depot), ingested with the standard pipeline: raw snapshot -> per-section OKF markdown -> manifest + checksums. Title 52 untouched. LegalText: 171 -> 11,221. Titles 12-54 await a clean OLRC retry. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
54 lines
3.7 KiB
Markdown
54 lines
3.7 KiB
Markdown
---
|
||
type: "LegalText"
|
||
title: "5 U.S.C. § 5331"
|
||
description: "Definitions; application"
|
||
jurisdiction: "us"
|
||
corpus: "united_states_code"
|
||
kind: "code_section"
|
||
title_number: 5
|
||
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
|
||
chapter_number: "53"
|
||
chapter_name: "PAY RATES AND SYSTEMS"
|
||
section: "5331"
|
||
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 5331"
|
||
status: "current"
|
||
release_point: "119-100"
|
||
release_date: "2026-06-26"
|
||
source: "official"
|
||
source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc05@119-100.zip"
|
||
source_identifier: "/us/usc/t5/s5331"
|
||
source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-05/usc05.xml"
|
||
source_hash: "dd386e62a0f8f8bee26db6440740ada36d4515ce76ee6066cc6adf96fc83bff3"
|
||
raw_snapshot_hash: "719fdb18e7085aede50e1e97c1c129fa6058e2c5c12b3d77a9b9044b1769e540"
|
||
text_hash: "c0c3b8ec9dac4a8c4e72955ef8bc796bddad42439f0d0a1ab3daad9398352ea6"
|
||
retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
|
||
confidence: "official"
|
||
tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
# 5 U.S.C. § 5331 - Definitions; application
|
||
|
||
## Text
|
||
|
||
(a) For the purpose of this subchapter, “agency”, “employee”, “position”, “class”, and “grade” have the meanings given them by section 5102 of this title.
|
||
|
||
(b) This subchapter applies to employees and positions to which chapter 51 applies, other than Senior Executive Service positions, positions in the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration Senior Executive Service, and positions to which section 5376 applies.
|
||
|
||
(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 467; Pub. L. 95–454, title IV, § 408(b)(2), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1173; Pub. L. 100–325, § 2(h)(3), May 30, 1988, 102 Stat. 582; Pub. L. 101–509, title V, § 529 [title I, § 102(c)], Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1427, 1444.)
|
||
|
||
## Notes
|
||
|
||
Historical and Revision NotesThe section is added on authority of former sections 1081, 1082, 1084, and 1091, which are carried into section 5102.
|
||
|
||
Editorial Notes
|
||
|
||
Amendments1990—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101–509 amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: “This subchapter applies to employees and positions, other than Senior Executive Service positions and positions in the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration Senior Executive Service, to which chapter 51 of this title applies.” 1988—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100–325 inserted reference to positions in Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration Senior Executive Service. 1978—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–454 inserted reference to Senior Executive Service positions.
|
||
|
||
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
|
||
|
||
Effective Date of 1990 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 101–509 effective on such date as the President shall determine, but not earlier than 90 days, and not later than 180 days, after Nov. 5, 1990, see section 529 [title III, § 305] of Pub. L. 101–509, set out as a note under section 5301 of this title.
|
||
|
||
Effective Date of 1978 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 95–454 effective 9 months after Oct. 13, 1978, and congressional review of provisions of sections 401 through 412 of Pub. L. 95–454, see section 415 of Pub. L. 95–454, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3131 of this title.
|
||
|
||
References in Other Laws to Chapter 51 and Subchapter III of Chapter 53References in laws to fix pay in accordance with this subchapter and chapter 51 of this title considered to include authority under section 5376 of this title, if applicable, but not to include any authority under section 5304 of this title or section 529 [title III, § 302] of Pub. L. 101–509, set out as a note under section 5304 of this title, see section 529 [title I, § 101(c)(2)] of Pub. L. 101–509, set out in a References in Other Laws to GS–16, 17, or 18 Pay Rates; Regulations note under section 5376 of this title.
|