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Sec. 2 · S. 23

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In this Act: (1) Budget justification materials The term budget justification materials has the meaning given that term in section 3(b)(2)(A) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note). (2) Employee The term employee — (A) has the meaning given that term in section 2105 of title 5, United States Code; and (B) does not include an individual who— (i) in the event of a lapse in appropriations, would be an excepted employee and exempt from the limitation on voluntary services under section 1342 of title 31, United States Code, because the duties of the position in which the individual is serving are performing mission-essential functions of the Executive agency employing the individual that are necessary for purposes of defending the United States against imminent threats; and (ii) is serving in a position within— (I) the Executive Office of the President; or (II) a component, the mission of which is related to national security, of— (aa) the Department of Defense, including— (AA) the Defense Intelligence Agency; (BB) the National Security Agency; and (CC) the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; (bb) the Department of Energy; (cc) the Department of Homeland Security; (dd) the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; or (ee) the Central Intelligence Agency. (3) Executive agency The term Executive agency means an agency, as defined in section 551 of title 5, United States Code, that is in the executive branch of the Government. (4) Headquarters employee of an Executive agency The term headquarters employee of an Executive agency means— (A) an employee of an Executive agency whose permanent duty station is at the headquarters of the Executive agency; or (B) an employee of an Executive agency— (i) who teleworks on a full-time basis; and (ii) whose rate of pay is calculated based on the Washington metropolitan area rate of pay. (5) Headquarters of the Executive agency The term headquarters of the Executive agency, with respect to an Executive agency, means the building serving as the principal managerial and administrative center of the Executive agency. (6) Pay locality The term pay locality has the meaning given that term in section 5302 of title 5, United States Code. (7) Rural The term rural means any area that is not designated as an urban area, based on the most recent data available from the Bureau of the Census. (8) Telework The term telework has the meaning given that term in section 6501 of title 5, United States Code. (9) Telework on a full-time basis The term telework on a full-time basis means that an employee is authorized to telework for 100 percent of the work days of the employee per pay period. (10) Washington metropolitan area The term Washington metropolitan area means the geographic area to which the Washington metropolitan area rate of pay applies. (11) Washington metropolitan area rate of pay The term Washington metropolitan area rate of pay means the rate of pay in effect for the pay locality designated as Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC–MD–VA–WV–PA.

Sec. 2: Definitions · Public Law Tracker