5 USC § 5391 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t5/s5391"
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title: "5 USC § 5391 - Definitions"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "5391"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 53
chapter_name: "PAY RATES AND SYSTEMS"
subchapter_number: "IX"
subchapter_name: "SPECIAL OCCUPATIONAL PAY SYSTEMS"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EMPLOYEES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 101–509, title V, § 529 [title I, § 105(a)(1)], Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1427, 1447.)"
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# § 5391. Definitions

For the purposes of this subchapter, “agency”, “employee”, and “position” have the meanings given them by section 5102.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 101–509, title V, § 529 [title I, § 105(a)(1)], Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1427, 1447.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on such date as the President shall determine, but not earlier than 90 days, and not later than 180 days, after , see section 529 [title III, § 305] of , set out as an Effective Date of 1990 Amendment note under .