5 USC § 3701 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t5/s3701"
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title: "5 USC § 3701 - Definitions"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "3701"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 37
chapter_name: "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EXCHANGE PROGRAM"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EMPLOYEES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 107–347, title II, § 209(c)(1), Dec. 17, 2002, 116 Stat. 2925; amended Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)"
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# § 3701. Definitions

For purposes of this chapter—

**(1)** the term “agency” means an Executive agency, but does not include the Government Accountability Office; and

**(2)** the term “detail” means—

whichever is appropriate in the context in which such term is used.

**(A)** the assignment or loan of an employee of an agency to a private sector organization without a change of position from the agency that employs the individual, or

**(B)** the assignment or loan of an employee of a private sector organization to an agency without a change of position from the private sector organization that employs the individual,

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 107–347, title II, § 209(c)(1), Dec. 17, 2002, 116 Stat. 2925; amended Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2004—Par. (1).  substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 120 days after , see , set out as a note under , Public Printing and Documents.