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CHAPTER 21⁠—DEFINITIONS — Front Matter

Sec.
2101.Civil service; armed forces; uniformed services.
2101a.The Senior Executive Service.
2102.The competitive service.
2103.The excepted service.
2104.Officer.
2105.Employee.
2106.Member of Congress.
2107.Congressional employee.
2108.Veteran; disabled veteran; preference eligible.
2108a.Treatment of certain individuals as veterans, disabled veterans, and preference eligibles.
2109.Air traffic controller; Secretary.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2011⁠—Pub. L. 112-56, title II, § 235(a)(2)(B), Nov. 21, 2011, 125 Stat. 723, added item 2108a.

1980⁠—Pub. L. 96-347, § 1(d), Sept. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 1150, substituted “controller; Secretary” for “controller” in item 2109.

1978⁠—Pub. L. 95-454, title IV, § 401(e), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1154, added item 2101a.

1972⁠—Pub. L. 92-297, § 1(b), May 16, 1972, 86 Stat. 141, added item 2109.