5 U.S.C. § 101

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For purposes of this title—“(1) the term ‘credit hours’ means any hours, within a flexible schedule established under this title, which are in excess of an employee’s basic work requirement and which the employee elects to work so as to vary the length of a workweek or a workday; and“(2) the term ‘overtime hours’ means all hours in excess of 8 hours in a day or 40 hours in a week which are officially ordered in advance, but does not include credit hours.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 163 cases (19 in the last 5 years), 1973–2025 · leading case: Freytag v. Comm'r, 501 U.S. 868 (1991).
Freytag v. Comm'r, 501 U.S. 868 (1991). · cites it 4× “It quotes a congressional Committee Report that seemingly equates Cabinet status with inclusion within the statutory defintion of "`department'" in 5 U. S. C. § 101 , ante, at 887 (quoting H.”
The United States v. Patrick J. Connolly, 716 F.2d 882 (Fed. Cir. 1983). · cites it 4× “719 (1970), the Postal Service has not been considered one of the “executive departments” within the meaning of 5 U.S.C. § 101 (1982). See Pub.L. No. 91-375, § 6 (c), 84 Stat.”
Peggy Maloney v. Exec. Off. of the President, Off. of Admin., 2022 MSPB 26 (MSPB 2022). · cites it 3× “7 listed in 5 U.S.C. § 101 . A Government corporation, according to 5 U.”
PHH Corp. v. Consum. Fin. Prot. Bureau, 881 F.3d 75 (D.C. Cir. 2018). · cites it 2× “§ 19 (d)(1), and their agencies are specifically denoted as “Executive departments,” 5 U.S.C. § 101 . There is thus little prospect that Congress could require the President to tolerate a Cabinet that is not fully and directly accountable to him.”
United States v. Grace Lorine Lester, 541 F.2d 499 (5th Cir. 1976). · cites it 6× “§ 301 11 authorized heads of the Executive Department to promulgate regulations to govern their departments and 5 U.S.C.A. § 101 12 identified the Post Office Department as an Executive Department.”
Aracely v. Nielsen, 319 F. Supp. 3d 110 (D.C. Cir. 2018). “5 U.S.C. §§ 101 - 913. It permits a court to "compel agency action unlawfully withheld or unreasonably delayed," and to "hold unlawful and set aside agency action, findings and conclusions found to be arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance…”
Drg Funding Corp. v. Sec'y of Hous. & Urban Dev., 76 F.3d 1212 (D.C. Cir. 1996). · cites it 2× “Moreover, the definitions section states that “United States includes an agency of the United States,” and “agency” means, among other things, “an Executive department” or “Government corporation” as defined in 5 U.S.C. §§ 101 or 103. 24 CFR § 17.60 (b).”
Gonzalez Ex Rel. Gonzalez v. Reno, 86 F. Supp. 2d 1167 (S.D. Fla. 2000). · cites it 2× “2d 714 (1985), in which the Supreme Court found that agency decisions not to institute enforcement proceedings generally are not subject to judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”), 5 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq. In so holding, the Court declared that “an agency’s…”
Gary Jackson v. Thomas Modly, 949 F.3d 763 (D.C. Cir. 2020). “See 5 U.S.C. §§ 101 , et seq. Title 5 defines “military departments” as “The Department of the Army.”
United States v. Espy, 989 F. Supp. 17 (D.D.C. 1997). · cites it 4× “Section 6 provides that unless the “context shows” otherwise, for all Title 18, offenses, “department” means one of the executive departments enumerated in 5 U.S.C. § 101 . 36 Hubbard, 514 U.S. at 700 , 115 S.”
John Doe v. United States, 853 F.3d 792 (5th Cir. 2017). “The DOJ is listed as an “Executive department ]” in 5 U.S.C. § 101 , and an “Executive department” is included as an “Executive agency” in 5 U.”
Dist. of Columbia v. United States, 67 Fed. Cl. 292 (Fed. Cl. 2005). · cites it 2× “” 5 U.S.C. § 101 . Because it is an executive department, the Department of the Treasury is also an “Executive agency.”
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