For the purpose of this subchapter—
(1) “agency” means an Executive agency and a military department;
(2) “employee” means an employee in or under an agency who is a citizen or national of the United States or an alien admitted to the United States for permanent residence, but does not include a part-time or intermittent employee or native labor casually hired on an hourly or daily basis. However, such an employee who enters a status listed in paragraph (5)(A)–(E) of this section—
(A) inside the continental United States; or
(B) who is a resident at or in the vicinity of his place of employment in a territory or possession of the United States or in a foreign country and who was not living there solely as a result of his employment;
is an employee for the purpose of this subchapter only on a determination by the head of the agency concerned that this status is the proximate result of employment by the agency;
(3) “dependent” means—
(A) a wife;
(B) an unmarried child (including an unmarried dependent stepchild or adopted child) under 21 years of age;
(C) a dependent mother or father;
(D) a dependent designated in official records; and
(E) an individual determined to be dependent by the head of the agency concerned or his designee;
(4) “active service” means active Federal service by an employee;
(5) “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—
(A) missing;
(B) missing in action;
(C) interned in a foreign country;
(D) captured, beleaguered, or besieged by a hostile force; or
(E) detained in a foreign country against his will;
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; and
(6) “pay and allowances” means—
(A) basic pay;
(B) special pay;
(C) incentive pay;
(D) basic allowance for housing;
(E) basic allowance for subsistence; and
(F) station per diem allowances for not more than 90 days.
(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 489; Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title VI, §603(d)(3), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1783.)
| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes and Statutes at Large |
|---|---|---|
| (1)–(4) | 50A U.S.C. 1001. | Mar. 7, 1942, ch. 166, §1, 56 Stat. 143. |
| July 1, 1944, ch. 371, §1, 58 Stat. 679. | ||
| May 16, 1947, ch. 70, §1, 61 Stat. 96. | ||
| Aug. 29, 1957, Pub. L. 85–217, §1(a), 71 Stat. 491. | ||
| Aug. 14, 1964, Pub. L. 88–428, §1(1), (2), 78 Stat. 437. | ||
| (5) | 50A U.S.C. 1002(a) (3d through 66th words of 1st sentence, and 1st 28 words of 3d sentence, for definition purposes). | Mar. 7, 1942, ch. 166, §2(a) (3d through 66th words and 96th through 120th words of 1st sentence, and 1st 28 words of 3d sentence, for definition purposes); added July 1, 1944, ch. 371, §2, 58 Stat. 679. Apr. 4, 1953, ch. 17, §1(a), 67 Stat. 21. |
| Aug. 29, 1957, Pub. L. 85–217, §1(b) (1st par.), 71 Stat. 491. | ||
| Aug. 14, 1964, Pub. L. 88–428, §1(3)(A), (C), 78 Stat. 437. | ||
| (5) | 50A U.S.C. 1014 (as applicable to §1002(a) (1st sentence)). | Mar. 7, 1942, ch. 166, §14 (as applicable to §2(a) (1st sentence)), 56 Stat. 147. Apr. 4, 1953, ch. 17, §1(e), 67 Stat. 21. |
| (6) | 50A U.S.C. 1002(a) (96th through 120th words of 1st sentence, for definition purposes). |
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