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Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees

Part III · Chapter 53 — Pay Rates and Systems

§ 5351. Definitions

Statutory text

For the purpose of this subchapter—

(1)

“agency” means an Executive agency, a military department, and the government of the District of Columbia; and

(2)

“student-employee” means—

(A)

a student nurse, medical or dental intern, resident-in-training, student dietitian, student physical therapist, and student occupational therapist, assigned or attached to a hospital, clinic, or medical or dental laboratory operated by an agency; and

(B)

any other student-employee, assigned or attached primarily for training purposes to a hospital, clinic, or medical or dental laboratory operated by an agency, who is designated by the head of the agency with the approval of the Office of Personnel Management.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 89–554 · 80 Stat. 378

    Enacted · 5 U.S.C. § 5351

    Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 472

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 472

  2. Pub. L. 95–454 title IX § 906(a)(2) · 92 Stat. 1111

    Substituted · 5 U.S.C. § 5351(2)(B)

    Pub. L. 95–454 substituted “Office of Personnel Management” for “Civil Service Commission”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Par. (2)(B). Pub. L. 95–454 substituted “Office of Personnel Management” for “Civil Service Commission”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) in sections 1301, 1302, 1304, 1308, 2105, 2951, 3110, 3304a, 3308, 3312, 3314, 3318, 3324, 3325, 3344, 3351, 3363, 3373, 3502, 3504, 4102, 4106, 4113-4118, 5102, 5103, 5105, 5107, 5110–5115, 5303, 5304, 5333, 5334, 5335(b), 5336, 5338, 5343, 5346, 5347, 5351, 5352, 5371 (as redesignated in section 801(a) (3) (A) (ii) of this Ante, p. 1218. Act), 5372 (as redesignated in such section 801(a) (3) (A) (ii)), 5374 (as redesignated in such section 801(a) (3) (A) (i i)) , 5504, 5533, 5545, 5548, 5723, 6101, 6304-6306, 6308, 6311, 6322, 6326, 7203 (as redesignated in section 703(a)(1) of this Act), 7204 Ante, p. 1216. (as redesignated in such section 703(a) (1)), 7312, 8151, 8331, 8332, 8334, 8337, 8339–8343, 8345, 8346, 8347(a), 8348, 8501, 8701–8712, 8714, 8714a, 8716, 8901–8903, 8905, 8907–8910, and 8913, by striking out “Civil Service Commission” and inserting in lieu thereof “Office of Personnel Management”;

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

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Notes

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Historical and Revision Notes
DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes andStatutes at Large
 5 U.S.C. 1052.Aug. 4, 1947, ch. 452, § 2, 61 Stat. 727.

The section is restated in definition form. In paragraph (1), the words “an Executive agency, a military department” are coextensive with and substituted for “department, agency, or instrumentality of the Federal Government” in view of the definitions in sections 105 and 102.

The exception from the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, is omitted as obsolete and superseded by the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, which is carried into this title. The present exception from the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, is carried into section 5102(c)(16).

Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1978—Par. (2)(B). Pub. L. 95–454 substituted “Office of Personnel Management” for “Civil Service Commission”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 95–454 effective 90 days after , see section 907 of Pub. L. 95–454, set out as a note under section 1101 of this title.

Credits

1966–1978 · 2 acts
  1. 1966Pub. L. 89–554, , 80 Stat. 472
  2. 1978Pub. L. 95–454, title IX, § 906(a)(2), , 92 Stat. 1224.
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(Pub. L. 89–554, , 80 Stat. 472; Pub. L. 95–454, title IX, § 906(a)(2), , 92 Stat. 1224.)

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