§ 3401. Definitions

For the purpose of this chapter—

• (1) “agency” means—
  • (A) an Executive agency;
  • (B) a military department;
  • (C) an agency in the judicial branch;
  • (D) the Library of Congress;
  • (E) the Botanic Garden; and
  • (F) the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; but does not include—
    • (i) a Government controlled corporation;
    • (ii) the Tennessee Valley Authority;
    • (iii) the Virgin Islands Corporation;
    • (iv) the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice;
    • (v) the Central Intelligence Agency; and
    • (vi) the National Security Agency, Department of Defense; and
• (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.