Definitions

§ 5541. Definitions For the purpose of this subchapter— (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; (F) the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; and (G) the government of the District of Columbia; and (2) “employee” means— (A) an employee in or under an Executive agency; (B) an individual employed by the government of the District of Columbia; and (C) an employee in or under the judicial branch, the Library of Congress, the Botanic Garden, and the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, who occupies a position subject to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of this title; but does not include— (i) a justice or judge of the United States; (ii) the head of an agency other than the government of the District of Columbia; (iii) a teacher, school official, or employee of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia, whose pay is fixed under chapter 15 of title 31, District of Columbia Code; (iv) a member of the Metropolitan Police, the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, the United States Park Police, or the White House Police; (v) a student-employee as defined by section 5351 of this title; (vi) an employee in the postal field service; (vii) an employee outside the continental United States or in Alaska who is paid in accordance with local native prevailing wage rates for the area in which employed; (viii) an employee of the Tennessee Valley Authority; (ix) an individual to whom section 1291(a) of title 50, appendix, applies; (x) an employee of a Federal land bank, a Federal intermediate credit bank, or a bank for cooperatives; (xi) an employee whose basic pay is fixed and adjusted from time to time in accordance with prevailing rates by a wage board or similar administrative authority serving the same purpose, except as provided by section 5544 of this title; (xii) an employee of the Transportation Corps of the Army on a vessel operated by the United States, a vessel employee of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, a vessel employee of the Department of the Interior, or a vessel employee of the Panama Canal Company: or (xiii) a “teacher” or an individual holding a “teaching position” as defined by section 901 of title 20.