5 U.S.C. § 5331 Definitions; Application

• Library: United States Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-21 (published on www.congress.gov on 11/13/2023)

(a) For the purpose of this subchapter, "agency", "employee", "position", "class", and "grade" have the meanings given them by section 5102 of this title.

(b) This subchapter applies to employees and positions to which chapter 51 applies, other than Senior Executive Service positions, positions in the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration Senior Executive Service, and positions to which section 5376 applies.

Cite as 5 U.S.C. § 5331

Source: Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 467; Pub. L. 95-454, title IV, §408(b)(2), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1173; Pub. L. 100-325, §2(h)(3), May 30, 1988, 102 Stat. 582; Pub. L. 101-509, title V, §529 [title I, §102(c)], Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1427, 1444.

Notes from the Office of Law Revision Counsel

current through 8/1/2023

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES

The section is added on authority of former sections 1081, 1082, 1084, and 1091, which are carried into section 5102.

EDITORIAL NOTES

AMENDMENTS

1990-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101-509 amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: "This subchapter applies to employees and positions, other than Senior Executive Service positions and positions in the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration Senior Executive Service, to which chapter 51 of this title applies."

1988-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100-325 inserted reference to positions in Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration Senior Executive Service.