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PUBLIC LAW 89-554-SEPT. 6, 1966 SUBCHAPTER V—PREMIUM PAY
§ 5541. Definitions For the purpose of this subchapter— (1) "agency" means— (A) an Executive agency; ( B W military department; c (C) an agency in the judicial branch; (D) the Library of Congress; (E) the Botanic Garden; (F) the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; and (G) the government of the District of Columbia; and (2) "employee" means— (A) an employee in or under an Executive agency; (B) an individual employed by the government of the District of Columbia; and (C) an employee in or under the judicial branch, the Library of Congress, the Botanic Garden, and the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, who occupies a position subject to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of this title; but does not include— (i) a justice or ludge of the United States; (ii) the head of an agency other than the government of the District of Columbia; (iii) a teacher, school official, or employee of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia, whose pay is fixed under chapter 15 of title 31, District of Columbia Code; (iv) a member of the Metropolitan Police, the Fire Department of the District of (jolumbia, the United States P a r k Police, or the White House Police; (v) a student-employee as defined by section 5351 of this title; (vi) an employee in the postal field service; (vii) an employee outside the continental United States or in Alaska who is paid in accordance with local native prevailing wage rates for the area in which employed; (viii) an employee of the Tennessee Valley Authority; (ix) an individual to whom section 1291(a) of title 50, appendix, applies; (x) an employee of a Federal land bank, a Federal intermediate credit bank, or a bank for cooperatives; (xi) an employee whose basic pay is fixed and adjusted from time to time in accordance with prevailing rates by a wage board or similar administrative authority serving the same purpose, except as provided by section 5544 of this title; (xii) an employee of the Transportation Corps of the Army on a vessel operated by the United States, a vessel employee of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, a vessel employee of the Department of the Interior, or a vessel employee of the Panama Canal Company; or (xiii) a "teacher" or an individual holding a "teaching position" as defined by section 901 of title 20. § 5542. Overtime rates; computation (a) Hours of work officially ordered or approved in excess of 40 hours in an administrative workweek performed by an employee are overtime work and shall be paid for, except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, at the following rates: (1) For an employee whose basic pay is at a rate which does not exceed the minimum rate of basic pay for GS-9, the overtime
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