employee

(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— (I) the Metropolitan Police or the Fire Department of the District of Columbia; or (II) a member of the United States Park Police, other than for purposes of section 5545(a) and 5546; (v) a student-employee as defined by section 5351 of this title ; [(vi) Repealed. Pub. L. 91–375, § 6(c)(16) , Aug. 12, 1970 , 84 Stat. 776 ;] (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 pay is fixed and adjusted from time to time in accordance with prevailing rates under subchapter IV of chapter 53 of this title , or by a wage board or similar administrative authority serving the same purpose, except as provided by section 5544 or 5550b 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 Environmental Science Services Administration, or a vessel employee of the Department of the Interior; (xiii) a “teacher” or an individual holding a “teaching position” as defined by section 901 of title 20 ; (xiv) a Foreign Service officer; (xv) a member of the Senior Foreign Service; (xvi) member of the Senior Executive Service; or (xvii) a member of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration Senior Executive Service; and

Source

5 USC § 5541(2)


Scoping language

for purposes of section 5545
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