Sec. 101. Definitions
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Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act, as used in this Act: The term Board means the Board of Directors of the Office of Judicial Integrity. The term Chair means the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Office of Judicial Integrity. The term covered employee means any employee of an employing unit. The term employee includes an officer, an applicant for employment, and a former employee. The term employing unit means— a court of appeals of the United States, for individuals employed directly by the court, including covered individuals; a district court of the United States, for individuals employed directly by the court, including covered individuals; a bankruptcy court, for individuals employed directly by the court, including covered individuals; the United States Court of Federal Claims, for individuals employed directly by the court, including covered individuals; and the United States Court of International Trade, for individuals employed directly by the court, including covered individuals; a judicial council of a court of appeals, for individuals employed directly by the council, including covered individuals; the office of a judge of a court described in clause (i), for individuals appointed by the judge; the office of a United States magistrate judge, for individuals appointed by the judge; the office of a bankruptcy judge, for individuals appointed by the judge; the office of a person who is a circuit executive, clerk, librarian, crier, or staff attorney of a court of appeals, for individuals appointed by that person; the office of the senior technical assistant of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, for individuals appointed by the senior technical assistant; the office of the clerk of a district court of the United States, a bankruptcy court, or the United States Court of Federal Claims, for individuals appointed by the clerk; the office of a district court executive, for individuals appointed by the executive; the Judicial Conference of the United States, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, the Federal Judicial Center, and the United States Sentencing Commission; and a Federal Public Defender Organization described in section 3006A(g)(2)(A) of title 18, United States Code.
In subparagraph (A), the term covered individual includes a circuit executive, a clerk of court, a court reporter, a probation officer, a pretrial services officer, a librarian, a crier, a messenger, a bailiff, a staff attorney, a preargument attorney, a bankruptcy administrator, and (with respect to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit) the senior technical assistant of that court. The term General Counsel means the General Counsel of the Office of Judicial Integrity.
The term judge has the meaning given the term in section 351 of title 28, United States Code. The term judicial branch agency — means an entity established in the judicial branch of the Federal Government that is not an employing unit described in clauses
(i)through (ix), or clause (xi), of paragraph (5)(A); and includes the Judicial Conference of the United States, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, the Federal Judicial Center, and the United States Sentencing Commission. The term judicial council means a judicial council of a circuit described in section 332 of title 28, United States Code. The term OEA means the Office of Employee Advocacy. The term Office means the Office of Judicial Integrity. The term other abusive conduct — means a pattern of demonstrably egregious and hostile conduct not covered by subtitle A of title II that— unreasonably interferes with a covered employee’s work; creates an abusive working environment; and is threatening, oppressive, or intimidating; and does not include communications and actions that are reasonably related to— performance management, including instruction, corrective criticism, and evaluation; performance improvement plans; duty assignments and changes to duty assignments; office organization; or progressive discipline. The term workplace misconduct — means misconduct against a covered employee that impacts or is related to the covered employee’s workplace or employment; and includes conduct prohibited under subtitle A of title II, other abusive conduct, and other misconduct the Board defines by rulemaking pursuant to section 304.