5 USC § 9901 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t5/s9901"
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title: "5 USC § 9901 - Definitions"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "9901"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 99
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PERSONNEL AUTHORITIES"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EMPLOYEES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title XI, § 1101(a)(1), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1621.)"
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# § 9901. Definitions

For purposes of this chapter—

**(1)** the term “Director” means the Director of the Office of Personnel Management; and

**(2)** the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Defense.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title XI, § 1101(a)(1), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1621.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Impact on Department of Defense Civilian Personnel

> **“(1)** Any exercise of authority under chapter 99 of such title [this chapter] (as added by subsection (a)), including under any system established under such chapter, shall be in conformance with the requirements of this subsection.
> 
> **“(2)** No other provision of this Act [see Tables for classification] or of any amendment made by this Act may be construed or applied in a manner so as to limit, supersede, or otherwise affect the provisions of this section [enacting this chapter], except to the extent that it does so by specific reference to this section.”

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