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In this Act: (1) Advanced degree; qualifying educational institution (A) In general The terms advanced degree and qualifying educational institution have the meanings given those terms in section 362.102 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation. (B) Determination by Director The Director may determine whether a master’s certificate qualifies as an advanced degree for the purposes of the Program. (2) Agency The term agency — (A) has the meaning given the term Executive agency in section 105 of title 5, United States Code; and (B) includes the Government Publishing Office. (3) Agency PMF Coordinator The term agency PMF Coordinator means an individual, at the appropriate component level of an agency, who— (A) coordinates the placement, development, and other Program-related activities of Fellows appointed in the agency; and (B) satisfies the criteria described in section 362.104(a)(8) of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation. (4) Director The term Director means the Director of the Office of Personnel Management. (5) Executive Resources Board The term Executive Resources Board — (A) means an Executive Resources Board described in section 317.501(a) of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation; and (B) with respect to an agency that is not required to have an Executive Resources Board pursuant to section 317.501(a) of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation, means the senior agency official to whom the head of the agency has given responsibility for executive resources management and oversight. (6) Federal Executive Board The term Federal Executive Board means a Federal Executive Board established under section 11. (7) Fellow The term Fellow means an individual appointed to serve as a Fellow under the Program. (8) Metropolitan area The term metropolitan area means a geographic zone surrounding a major city, as defined and delimited from time to time by the Director. (9) Principal area officer (A) In general The term principal area officer means, with respect to an agency, the senior official of the agency who is located in a metropolitan area and who has no superior official within that metropolitan area other than in the regional office of the agency. (B) Multiple bureaus If an agency maintains facilities of more than 1 bureau or other subdivision within a metropolitan area, and the heads of those facilities are in separate chains of command within the agency, the agency may have more than 1 principal area officer. (10) Principal regional officer The term principal regional officer means, with respect to an agency, the senior official in a regional office of the agency. (11) Program The term Program means the Presidential Management Fellows Program established under this Act. (12) Special representative The term special representative means, with respect to an agency, an official who is— (A) not subject to the supervision of a principal regional officer or a principal area officer; and (B) specifically designated by the head of the agency to serve as the personal representative of the head of the agency.