Sec. 170201. Definitions
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In this title— the term agency — means— each agency, office, or other establishment in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Federal Government, including— an Executive agency, as that term is defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code; a military department, as that term is defined in section 102 of title 5, United States Code; the Federal Aviation Administration; the Transportation Security Administration; the Department of Veterans Affairs; and the Government Accountability Office; the District of Columbia courts and the District of Columbia Public Defender Service; and an Indian tribe or tribal organization carrying out a contract or compact under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.); an Indian tribe or tribal organization that receives a grant under the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 ( 25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.); and an urban Indian organization that receives a grant or carries out a contract under title V of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act ( 25 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.); and does not include— the United States Postal Service or the Postal Regulatory Commission; or a nonappropriated fund instrumentality under the jurisdiction of the Armed Forces; the term covered duty — means duty that requires— an employee to have regular or routine contact with the public; or the reporting of an employee to a worksite at which— social distancing is not possible, consistent with the regularly assigned duties of the position of the employee; and other preventative measures with respect to COVID–19 are not available; and does not include duty that an employee performs while teleworking from a residence; the term covered period means the period beginning on the date on which the Secretary of Health and Human Services declared a public health emergency under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247d ) with respect to COVID–19 and ending on the date that is 60 days after the date on which that public health emergency terminates; and the term employee — means an employee of an agency; includes— any employee of an agency who occupies a position within the General Schedule under subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code; any employee of an agency whose pay is fixed and adjusted from time to time in accordance with prevailing rates under subchapter IV of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, or by a wage board or similar administrative authority serving the same purpose; an official or employee of an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or urban Indian organization described in paragraph (1)(A)(iii); each employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including an employee appointed under chapter 74 of title 38, United States Code, without regard to whether section 7421(a) of that title, section 7425(b) of that title, or any other provision of chapter 74 of that title is inconsistent with that inclusion; and any other individual occupying a position in the civil service, as that term is defined in section 2101 of title 5, United States Code; and does not include— a member of the uniformed services, as that term is defined in section 2101 of title 5, United States Code; an employee of an agency who occupies a position within the Executive Schedule under any of sections 5312 through 5316 of title 5, United States Code; an individual in a Senior Executive Service position, unless the individual is a career appointee, as those terms are defined in section 3132(a) of title 5, United States Code; an individual serving in a position of a confidential or policy-determining character under Schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulations; a member of the Senate or House of Representatives, a Delegate to the House of Representatives, or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico; or an employee of the personal office of an individual described in clause (v), of a leadership office of the Senate or the House of Representatives, of a committee of the Senate or the House of Representatives, or of a joint committee of Congress.
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