- agency
means an Executive agency, except a Government corporation and the Government Accountability Office, but does not include—
- appropriation
includes funds made available by statute under section 9104 of title 31.
- basic pay
includes locality pay provided for under section 5304 of this title.
- career appointee
means an individual in a Senior Executive Service position whose appointment to the position or previous appointment to another Senior Executive Service position was based on approval by the Office of Personnel Management of the executive qualifications of such individual;
- career reserved position
means a position which is required to be filled by a career appointee and which is designated under subsection (b) of this section;
- Commission
means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
- Director
means the Director of the Office of Personnel Management.
- general position
means any position, other than a career reserved position, which may be filled by either a career appointee, noncareer appointee, limited emergency appointee, or limited term appointee.
- handicapped employee
means an individual employed by an agency who is blind or deaf or who otherwise qualifies as a handicapped individual within the meaning of section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794);
- institution of higher education
has the meaning given the term in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)).
- intern
means an individual participating in an internship program;
- internship program
means—
- limited emergency appointee
means an individual appointed under a nonrenewable appointment, not to exceed 18 months, to a Senior Executive Service position established to meet a bona fide, unanticipated, urgent need;
- limited term appointee
means an individual appointed under a nonrenewable appointment for a term of 3 years or less to a Senior Executive Service position the duties of which will expire at the end of such term;
- noncareer appointee
means an individual in a Senior Executive Service position who is not a career appointee, a limited term appointee, or a limited emergency appointee;
- nonprofit organization
means an organization determined by the Secretary of the Treasury to be an organization described in section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 501(c)) which is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code.
- public official
means an officer (including the President and a Member of Congress), a member of the uniformed service, an employee and any other individual, in whom is vested the authority by law, rule, or regulation, or to whom the authority has been delegated, to appoint, employ, promote, or advance individuals, or to recommend individuals for appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement in connection with employment in an agency;
- relative
means, with respect to a public official, an individual who is related to the public official as father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, or half sister.
- senior executive
means a member of the Senior Executive Service;
- Senior Executive Service position
means any position in an agency which is classified above GS–15 pursuant to section 5108 or in level IV or V of the Executive Schedule, or an equivalent position, which is not required to be filled by an appointment by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and in which an employee— but does not include—
- student
means an individual enrolled or accepted for enrollment in an institution of higher education who is pursuing a baccalaureate or graduate degree on at least a part-time basis as determined by the institution of higher education.
- temporary organization
means a commission, committee, board, or other organization that—