- active service
means active Federal service by an employee;
- agency
includes executive departments and agencies, the United States Postal Service, the Postal Regulatory Commission, any nonappropriated fund instrumentality described in section 2105(c) of this title, the United States Senate, the United States House of Representatives, and any court, court administrative office, or instrumentality in the judicial or legislative branches of the Government, and government corporations.
- agency in the legislative branch
means the Government Accountability Office, the Government Publishing Office, the Library of Congress, the Office of Technology Assessment, the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, the United States Botanic Garden, the Congressional Budget Office, and the United States Capitol Police;
- appropriate committees of Congress
means—
- appropriate Secretary
means—
- authorized official
means—
- available
refers to the availability of a criminal investigator and means that an investigator shall be considered generally and reasonably accessible by the agency employing such investigator to perform unscheduled duty based on the needs of an agency;
- basic border patrol rate of pay
means the hourly rate of basic pay of the applicable border patrol, as determined without regard to this section;
- basic pay
includes any amount payable under section 5304.
- border patrol agent
means an individual who is appointed to a position assigned to the Border Patrol Enforcement classification series 1896 or any successor series, consistent with classification standards established by the Office of Personnel Management;
- captive
means any individual in a captive status commencing while such individual is—
- captive status
means a missing status which, as determined by the President, arises because of a hostile action and is a result of the individual’s relationship with the Government;
- child
means a dependent under section 5561(3)(B) of this title.
- city
means any unit of general local government which— within the political boundaries of which 500 or more persons are regularly employed by all agencies of the Federal Government;
- Coast Guard nonappropriated fund instrumentality
means a nonappropriated fund instrumentality of the Coast Guard.
- congressional employee
has the meaning given that term by section 2107 of this title, excluding an employee of an agency in the legislative branch.
- county
means any unit of local general government which is classified as a county by the Bureau of the Census and within the political boundaries of which 500 or more persons are regularly employed by all agencies of the Federal Government;
- court of the United States
has the meaning given it by section 451 of title 28 and includes the District Court of Guam and the District Court of the Virgin Islands.
- covered employee
means an employee of the Forest Service or the Department of the Interior who is—
- criminal investigator
includes a special agent occupying a position under title II of Public Law 99–399 if such special agent—
- defense agency
means an agency of the Department of Defense, as further defined under regulations prescribed by the Secretary;
- defense nonappropriated fund instrumentality
means a nonappropriated fund instrumentality of the Department of Defense.
- dependent
means—
- disposable pay
means that part of pay of any individual remaining after the deduction from those earnings of any amounts required by law to be withheld;
- employee
means an individual employed in or under an agency;
- employee of the House of Representatives
means a congressional employee whose pay is disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives;
- employee of the Senate
means a congressional employee whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate;
- final basic pay
has the meaning given such term in section 4(a)(2) of the Federal Workforce Restructuring Act of 1994.
- firefighter
means an employee—
- gross pay
means the annual rate of pay (or equivalent thereof in the case of an individual paid on other than an annual basis) received by an individual.
- head of each agency
means—
- incident response premium pay
means pay to which a covered employee is entitled under subsection (c);
- law enforcement officer
means an employee who—
- legal process
means any writ, order, summons, or other similar process in the nature of garnishment, that—
- level 1 border patrol rate of pay
means the hourly rate of pay equal to 1.25 times the otherwise applicable hourly rate of basic pay of the applicable border patrol agent;
- level 2 border patrol rate of pay
means the hourly rate of pay equal to 1.125 times the otherwise applicable hourly rate of basic pay of the applicable border patrol agent;
- member
has the meaning given such term by section 101(23) of title 37;
- missing status
means the status of an employee who is in active service and is officially carried or determined to be absent in a status of— but does not include the status of an employee for a period during which he is officially determined to be absent from his post of duty without authority;
- money due
means the pay and allowances due on account of the services of a deceased employee for the Government of the United States or the government of the District of Columbia.
- nonappropriated fund instrumentality
means a nonappropriated fund instrumentality described in section 2105(c) of this title.
- ordinance
means an ordinance, order, resolution, or similar instrument which is duly adopted and approved by a city or county in accordance with the constitution and statutes of the State in which it is located and which has the force of law within such city or county;
- pay
means—
- pay and allowances
means—
- personnel action
includes the omission or failure to take an action or confer a benefit.
- position
means a civilian office or position (including a temporary, part-time, or intermittent position), appointive or elective, in the legislative, executive, or judicial branch of the Government of the United States (including a Government corporation, but excluding a nonappropriated fund instrumentality under the jurisdiction of the armed forces) or in the government of the District of Columbia;
- prescribed fire incident
means a wildland fire originating from a planned ignition in accordance with applicable laws, policies, and regulations to meet specific objectives;
- qualified trade-of-time arrangement
means an arrangement under which 2 firefighters who are subject to the supervision of the same fire chief agree, solely at their option and with the approval of the employing agency, to substitute for one another during scheduled work hours in the performance of work in the same capacity.
- regular work day
means each day in the investigator’s basic work week during which the investigator works at least 4 hours that are not overtime hours paid under section 5542 or hours considered part of section 5545a.
- retired or retainer pay
means retired pay, as defined in section 8311(3) of this title, determined without regard to subparagraphs (B) through (D) of such section 8311(3);
- Secretary
means the Secretary of Defense;
- severity incident
means an incident in which a covered employee is pre-positioned in an area in which conditions indicate there is a high risk of wildfires.
- State
means a State, territory, possession, or commonwealth of the United States.
- unfair labor practice
means an unfair labor practice described in section 7116 of this title and (with respect to members of the Foreign Service) in section 1015 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, and “personnel action” includes the omission or failure to take an action or confer a benefit.
- unscheduled duty
means hours of duty a criminal investigator works, or is determined to be available for work, that are not—
- work period
means a 14-day biweekly pay period.