U.S. Code > Title 5 Government Organization and Employees > PART III—EMPLOYEES (§§ 2101—10210) > Subpart B—Employment and Retention (§§ 3101—3707) > CHAPTER 35—RETENTION PREFERENCE, VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS, RESTORATION, AND REEMPLOYMENT (§§ 3501—) > SUBCHAPTER IV—REEMPLOYMENT AFTER SERVICE WITH AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION (§§ 3581—3584) > § 3581. Definitions

§ 3581. Definitions

For the purpose of this subchapter—
(1) “agency” means—
(A) an Executive agency;
(B) a military department; and
(C) an employing authority in the legislative branch;
(2) “employee” means an employee in or under an agency;
(3) “international organization” means a public international organization or international-organization preparatory commission in which the Government of the United States participates;
(4) “transfer” means the change of position by an employee from an agency to an international organization; and
(5) “reemployment” means—
(A) the reemployment of an employee under section 3582 (b) of this title; or
(B) the reemployment of a Congressional employee within 90 days from his separation from an international organization;
following a term of employment not extending beyond the period named by the head of the agency at the time of consent to transfer or, in the absence of a named period, not extending beyond the first 5 consecutive years, or any extension thereof, after entering the employ of the international organization.