5 U.S. Code § 3401
5.U.S. Code § 3401 is about Definitions. It is under Part 3 (Employees) Subpart B (Employment and Retention) Subchapter 8 (Appointment, Reassignment, Transfer, And Development In The Senior Executive Service) Chapter 34 (Part-time Career Employment Opportunities) of Title 5 (Government Organizations and Employees) of the Code.
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.
