5 U.S.C. § 4501

Definitions

For the purpose of this subchapter—

(1)

“agency” means—

(A)

an Executive agency;

(B)

the Library of Congress;

(C)

the Office of the Architect of the Capitol;

(D)

the Botanic Garden;

(E)

the Government Publishing Office;

(F)

the government of the District of Columbia; and

(G)

the United States Sentencing Commission;

(i)

the Tennessee Valley Authority; or

(ii)

the Central Bank for Cooperatives;

but does not include—

(2)

“employee” means—

(A)

an employee as defined by section 2105; and

(B)

an individual employed by the government of the District of Columbia; and

(3)

“Government” means the Government of the United States and the government of the District of Columbia.

( Pub. L. 89–554 , Sept. 6, 1966 , 80 Stat. 442 ; Pub. L. 95–454, title V, § 503(a) , Oct. 13, 1978 , 92 Stat. 1183 ; Pub. L. 97–35, title XVII, § 1703(b)(2) , Aug. 13, 1981 , 95 Stat. 756 ; Pub. L. 98–615, title II, § 204(a)(1) , Nov. 8, 1984 , 98 Stat. 3216 ; Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7106(a) , Nov. 18, 1988 , 102 Stat. 4418 ; Pub. L. 101–474, § 5(f) , Oct. 30, 1990 , 104 Stat. 1100 ; Pub. L. 103–89, § 3(b)(1)(C) , Sept. 30, 1993 , 107 Stat. 981 ; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(b) , Dec. 16, 2014 , 128 Stat. 2537 .)