Chapter 51, Section 5102, Subsection (a) · 5 U.S.C. Chapter 51

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(a)For the purpose of this chapter—

(1)“agency” means—

(A)an Executive agency;

(B)the Library of Congress;

(C)the Botanic Garden;

(D)the Government Publishing Office;

(E)the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; and

(F)the government of the District of Columbia;

(i)a Government controlled corporation;

(ii)the Tennessee Valley Authority;

(iii)the Virgin Islands Corporation;

(iv)the Atomic Energy Commission;

(ix)the Defense Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense; or

(v)the Central Intelligence Agency;

(vi)the National Security Agency, Department of Defense;

(vii)the Government Accountability Office;

(viii)the Office of the Director of National Intelligence;

(x)the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense;

but does not include—

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

(3)“position” means the work, consisting of the duties and responsibilities, assignable to an employee;

(4)“class” or “class of positions” includes all positions which are sufficiently similar, as to—

(A)kind or subject-matter of work;

(B)level of difficulty and responsibility; and

(C)the qualification requirements of the work;

to warrant similar treatment in personnel and pay administration; and

(5)“grade” includes all classes of positions which, although different with respect to kind or subject-matter of work, are sufficiently equivalent as to—

(A)level of difficulty and responsibility; and

(B)level of qualification requirements of the work;

to warrant their inclusion within one range of rates of basic pay in the General Schedule.

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