5 USC § 5381 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t5/s5381"
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title: "5 USC § 5381 - Definitions"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "5381"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 53
chapter_name: "PAY RATES AND SYSTEMS"
subchapter_number: "VIII"
subchapter_name: "PAY FOR THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE"
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. 95–454, title IV, § 407(a), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1171; amended Pub. L. 101–136, title VI, § 625(b), Nov. 3, 1989, 103 Stat. 823.)"
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# § 5381. Definitions

section 3132(a) of this title

For the purpose of this subchapter, “agency”, “Senior Executive Service position”, “career appointee”, and “senior executive” have the meanings set forth in .

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 95–454, title IV, § 407(a), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1171; amended Pub. L. 101–136, title VI, § 625(b), Nov. 3, 1989, 103 Stat. 823.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1989— inserted “ ‘career appointee’,” before “and”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 9 months after , and congressional review of provisions of sections 401 through 412 of , see section 415(a)(1), (b) of , set out as a note under .