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“That the laws relating to the organization of the Government of the United States and to its civilian officers and employees, generally, are revised, codified, and enacted as title 5 of the United States Code, entitled ‘Government Organization and Employees’, and may be …

Premium pay is additional pay provided to employees for working certain types of hours or under certain types of conditions, as provided under 5 U.S.C. chapter 55, subchapter V and 5 CFR part 550, subpart A. Premium pay paid under title 5 is subject to certain biweekly or …

Title 5 contains organizational and administrative provisions directing the federal government, including the Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act of 1974, the Congressional Review Act as well as authorization for government reorganizations such as Reorganization Plan No. 3.

The restatement incorporates in title 5, United States Code, various provisions that were enacted separately over a period of years, reorganizing them, conforming style and terminology, modernizing obsolete language, and correcting drafting errors.

(a) "Agency" has the meaning given to "Executive agency" in section 105 of title 5, United States Code, but excludes the Government Accountability Office.

This compilation of title 5, United States Code, relating to gov-ernment organization and employees, includes amendments made to that title through Public Law 115–269 (October 16, 2018), except Public Laws 115–232 and 115–254. For …

* This title has been enacted as positive law. However, any Appendix to this title has not been enacted as part of the title.

Title 5—Administrative Personnel Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR): Title 5—Administrative Personnel — Title 5—Administrative Personnel CFR

2021—Pub. L. 117–81, div. E, title LIII, § 5312(c), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2365, which directed amendment of the analysis at the beginning of title 5 by inserting item for chapter 103, was executed by making the amendment to this analysis to reflect the probable intent of Congress.