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253.2—Definitions.

As used in this part:
(a) Administrator is the Administrator of the Panama Canal Commission.
(b) Agency means:
(1) The Panama Canal Commission, and
(2) An executive agency or the Smithsonian Institution, to the extent of any election in effect under section 1212(b)(2) of the Panama Canal Act; except that in paragraph (r) of this section agency shall mean an Executive agency, as that term is defined in 5 U.S.C. 105.
(c) Competitive service has the meaning given that term in 5 U.S.C. 2102.
(d) Employee means an individual serving in a position.
(e) The Panama Canal Act means the Panama Canal Act of 1979 (Pub. L. 96-70, 93 Stat. 463).
(f) The Panama Canal Treaty means the Panama Canal Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of Panama, signed September 7, 1977, and related agreements.
(g) Position means a civilian position in an agency, if a substantial portion of the duties and responsibilities of the position are performed in the Republic of Panama. In the case of the Commission, position means a civilian position in the Commission.
(h) Subchapter II means Subchapter II of Chapter 2 of Title I of the Panama Canal Act.
(i) PAPB means the Panama Area Personnel Board.
(j) CEO means the Central Examining Office.
(k) Competitive status has the meaning ascribed to that term in 5 CFR 1.3(c).
(l) Continental United States means the forty-eight contiguous states of the United States of America and the District of Columbia.
(m) Federal Wage System means the system for fixing and adjusting the rates of pay for prevailing rate employees of the U.S. Government that was established by Pub. L. 92-392 and as set forth in FPM Supplement 532-1 and related issuances.
(n) Isthmus means all territory of the Republic of Panama.
(o) Merit status means basic eligibility to be noncompetitively selected to fill a vacant position under the Panama Canal Employment System.
(p) OPM means the Office of Personnel Management.
(q) Veteran means a person entitled to preference as a preference eligible as defined by 5 U.S.C. 2108(3).
(r) Department means a department, agency or independent establishment in the executive branch of the Government of the United States (including a corporation wholly owned or controlled by the United States) which conducted operations in the Canal Zone.