3 U.S.C. § 401 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 3. The President § 401. Definitions

(1) Board.--The term “Board” means the Merit Systems Protection Board under chapter 12 of title 5.

(2) Covered employee.--The term “covered employee” means any employee of an employing office.

(3) Employee.--The term “employee” includes an applicant for employment and a former employee.

(4) Employing office.--The term “employing office” means--

(1) to which section 411 relates, the terms “employing office” and “covered employee” shall each be considered to have the meaning given to the term by such section;

(2) to which section 412 relates, the term “covered employee” means a covered employee described in section 412(a)(2)(B);

(3) to which section 413 relates, the term “covered employee” excludes interns and volunteers, as described in section 413(a)(2); and

(4) to which section 416 relates, the term “covered employee” means a covered employee described in section 416(a)(2).