5 U.S.C. § 5521
Title 5
Chapter 55
Current through PL 116-220
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Last updated: March 30, 2026
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Sections in this chapter
- § 5501
- § 5502
- § 5503
- § 5504
- § 5505
- § 5506
- § 5507
- § 5508
- § 5509
- § 5511
- § 5512
- § 5513
- § 5514
- § 5515
- § 5516
- § 5517
- § 5518
- § 5519
- § 5520
- § 5520a
- § 5521
- § 5522
- § 5523
- § 5524
- § 5524a
- § 5525
- § 5526
- § 5527
- § 5531
- § 5532
- § 5533
- § 5534
- § 5534a
- § 5535
- § 5536
- § 5537
- § 5538
- § 5541
- § 5542
- § 5543
- § 5544
- § 5545
- § 5545a
- § 5545b
- § 5546
- § 5546a
- § 5547
- § 5548
- § 5549
- § 5550
- § 5550a
- § 5550b
- § 5551
- § 5552
- § 5553
- § 5561
- § 5562
- § 5563
- § 5564
- § 5565
- § 5566
- § 5567
- § 5568
- § 5569
- § 5570
- § 5581
- § 5582
- § 5583
- § 5584
- § 5594
- § 5595
- § 5596
- § 5597
§ 5521. Definitions
For the purpose of this subchapter—
- (1) “agency” means—
- (A) an Executive agency;
- (B) the judicial branch;
- (C) the Library of Congress;
- (D) the Government Publishing Office; and
- (E) the government of the District of Columbia;
- (2) “employee” means an individual employed in or under an agency;
- (3) “head of each agency” means—
- (A) the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts with respect to the judicial branch; and
- (B) the Mayor of the District of Columbia with respect to the government of the District of Columbia; and
- (4) “United States”, when used in a geographical sense, means the several States and the District of Columbia.
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