§ 8701. Definitions
(a)
For the purpose of this chapter, “employee” means—
(5)
a justice or judge of the United States appointed to hold office during good behavior
(ii)
who is retired from regular active service under section
371
(b) or
372
(a) of title
28, United States Code, or
(iii)
who has resigned the judicial office under section
371
(a) of title
28 with the continued right during the remainder of his lifetime to receive the salary of the office at the time of his resignation;
(6)
an individual first employed by the government of the District of Columbia before October 1, 1987;
(9)
an individual appointed to a position on the office staff of a former President under section 1(b) of the Act of August 25, 1958 (72 Stat. 838); and
(10)
an individual appointed to a position on the office staff of a former President, or a former Vice President under section 4 of the Presidential Transition Act of 1963, as amended (78 Stat. 153), who immediately before the date of such appointment was an employee as defined under any other paragraph of this subsection;
but does not include—
(A)
an employee of a corporation supervised by the Farm Credit Administration if private interests elect or appoint a member of the board of directors;
(B)
an individual who is not a citizen or national of the United States and whose permanent duty station is outside the United States, unless the individual was an employee for the purpose of this chapter on September 30, 1979, by reason of service in an Executive agency, the United States Postal Service, or the Smithsonian Institution in the area which was then known as the Canal Zone; or
(b)
Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the employment of a teacher in the recess period between two school years in a position other than a teaching position in which he served immediately before the recess period does not qualify the individual as an employee for the purpose of this chapter. For the purpose of this subsection, “teacher” and “teaching position” have the meanings given them by section
901 of title
20.
(c)
For the purpose of this chapter, “basic insurance amount” means, in the case of any employee under this chapter, an amount equal to the greater of—
(d)
(1)
For the purpose of this chapter, “family member”, when used with respect to any individual, means—
[1] See Change of Name note below.