§ 91.2 - Definitions.

(a) Agency means—

(1) An executive agency as defined in 5 U.S.C. 105, including the General Accounting Office,

(2) The Government Printing Office,

(3) The Library of Congress,

(4) The Office of the Architect of the Capitol,

(5) The Botanic Garden, and

(6) The Administrative Office of the United States Courts, the Federal Judicial Center, and any of the courts set forth in section 610 of title 28, U.S. Code. Section 610 defines “courts” to include the courts of appeals and district courts of the United States, the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone, the District Court of Guam, the District Court of the Virgin Islands, the United States Claims Court and the Court of International Trade.

(b) Secretary concerned shall have the same meaning as it does in section 101(5) of title 37, U.S. Code.

(c) Head of an agency means the head of each agency listed in paragraphs (a) (1) through (5) of this section and the Director, Administrative Office of the United States Courts, for the agencies and courts listed in paragraph (a)(6) of this section.

(d) Uniformed services means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Public Health Service.

(e) National Guard means the Army National Guard, the Air National Guard, the Army National Guard of the United States, and Air National Guard of the United States.

(f) Employee means an officer or employee as defined in 5 U.S.C. 2104 and 2105 who is or was employed in a civilian capacity by an agency.

(g) As it relates to employees, the term—

(1) Pay means salary, wages, pay, compensation, emoluments, and remuneration for services. It includes but is not limited to overtime pay; night, standby, irregular and hazardous duty differential; pay for Sunday and holiday work; payment for accumulated and accrued leave; and severance pay.

(2) Allowances includes but is not limited to payments for quarters, uniforms, and overseas cost of living expenses.

(3) Travel, transportation or relocation expenses and allowances includes but is not limited to items referred to in 5 U.S.C. 5701-5709 and 5721-5734, 22 U.S.C. 4081, and other comparable provisions, payment of which is made on or after December 28, 1985.

(h) Member means a member or former member of the uniformed services, or member or former member of the National Guard.

(i) As it relates to members, the term—

(1) Pay includes but is not limited to base and longevity pay, basic pay, training duty pay, special and incentive pays, readjustment pay, severance pay, mustering-out pay, retainer pay, retired pay, retirement pay, lump-sum leave pay, and equivalent pay.

(2) Allowances includes but is not limited to payments in lieu of subsistence, quarters, uniforms, clothing, personal money allowance, family separation allowance, and overseas station allowance.

(3) Travel and transportation allowances includes but is not limited to items referred to in 37 U.S.C. 404-411 and other comparable provisions, payment of which is made on or after December 28, 1985.

(j) Aggregate amount means the gross amount of the claim against the employee, member, or other person from whom collection is sought.