§4701. Definitions

(a) For the purpose of this chapter-

(1) "agency" means an Executive agency and the Government Printing Office, but does not include-

(A) a Government corporation;

(B) the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, the National Security Agency, and, as determined by the President, any Executive agency or unit thereof which is designated by the President and which has as its principal function the conduct of foreign intelligence or counterintelligence activities; or

(C) the General Accounting Office;

(2) "employee" means an individual employed in or under an agency;

(3) "eligible" means an individual who has qualified for appointment in an agency and whose name has been entered on the appropriate register or list of eligibles;

(4) "demonstration project" means a project conducted by the Office of Personnel Management, or under its supervision, to determine whether a specified change in personnel management policies or procedures would result in improved Federal personnel management; and

(5) "research program" means a planned study of the manner in which public management policies and systems are operating, the effects of those policies and systems, the possibilities for change, and comparisons among policies and systems.

(b) This chapter shall not apply to any position in the Drug Enforcement Administration which is excluded from the competitive service under section 201 of the Crime Control Act of 1976 (28 U.S.C. 509 note; 90 Stat. 2425).

(Added Pub. L. 95–454, title VI, §601(a), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1185 ; amended Pub. L. 96–54, §2(a)(21), Aug. 14, 1979, 93 Stat. 382 ; Pub. L. 101–474, §5(g), Oct. 30, 1990, 104 Stat. 1100 ; Pub. L. 103–359, title V, §501(f), Oct. 14, 1994, 108 Stat. 3429 ; Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XI, §1122(a)(1), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2687 .)

Amendments

1996-Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Pub. L. 104–201 substituted "National Imagery and Mapping Agency" for "Central Imagery Office".

1994-Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Pub. L. 103–359 inserted "the Central Imagery Office," after "Defense Intelligence Agency,".

1990-Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 101–474 struck out ", the Administrative Office of the United States Courts," after "means an Executive agency".

1979-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96–54 substituted "chapter" for "subchapter" and "28 U.S.C. 509" for "5 U.S.C. 5108".

Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 104–201 effective Oct. 1, 1996, see section 1124 of Pub. L. 104–201, set out as a note under section 193 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

Effective Date of 1979 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 96–54 effective July 12, 1979, see section 2(b) of Pub. L. 96–54, set out as a note under section 305 of this title.

Effective Date

Chapter effective 90 days after Oct. 13, 1978, see section 907 of Pub. L. 95–454, set out as an Effective Date of 1978 Amendment note under section 1101 of this title.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 9507 of this title.