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type: "LegalText"
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title: "5 U.S.C. § 5402"
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description: "Definitions"
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title_number: 5
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title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
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chapter_number: "54"
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chapter_name: "HUMAN CAPITAL PERFORMANCE FUND"
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section: "5402"
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---
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# 5 U.S.C. § 5402 - Definitions
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## Text
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For the purpose of this chapter—
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(1) “agency” means an Executive agency under section 105, but does not include the Government Accountability Office;
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(2) “employee” includes—
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(A) an individual paid under a statutory pay system defined in section 5302(1);
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(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);
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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;
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(ii) a member of the Senior Executive Service paid under subchapter VIII of chapter 53, or an equivalent system;
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(iii) an administrative law judge paid under section 5372;
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(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
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(3) “Office” means the Office of Personnel Management.
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(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.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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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.
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Amendments2004—Par. (1). Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office”.
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