--- kind: "section" citation: "5 C.F.R. § 831.1702" title: "5" number: "831.1702" heading: "Definitions." url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/831.1702" --- # §831.1702. Definitions. In this subpart— Authorized agency official means— - (1) For the executive branch agencies, the head of an Executive agency as defined in [5 U.S.C. 105](/usc/5/105.md); - (2) For the legislative branch, the Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, or the head of any other legislative branch agency; - (3) For the judicial branch, the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts; - (4) For the Postal Service, the Postmaster General; - (5) For any other independent establishment that is an entity of the Federal Government, the head of the establishment; or - (6) An official who is authorized to act for an official named in [paragraphs (1)-(5)](#1..5) in the matter concerned. Composite retirement annuity means the annuity computed when a phased retiree attains full retirement status. Director means the Director of the Office of Personnel Management. Full retirement status means that a phased retiree has ceased employment and is entitled, upon application, to a composite retirement annuity. Full-time means— - (1) An officially established recurring basic workweek consisting of 40 hours within the employee's administrative workweek (as established under [§ 610.111](/cfr/5/610.111.md) of this chapter or similar authority); or - (2) An officially established recurring basic work requirement of 80 hours per biweekly pay period (as established for employees with a flexible or compressed work schedule under 5 U.S.C. chapter 61, subchapter II, or similar authority). Phased employment means the less-than-full-time employment of a phased retiree. Phased retiree means a retirement-eligible employee who— - (1) With the concurrence of an authorized agency official, enters phased retirement status; and - (2) **Has not entered full retirement status.** Phased retirement annuity means the annuity payable under [5 U.S.C. 8336a](/usc/5/8336a.md) before full retirement. Phased retirement percentage means the percentage which, when added to the working percentage for a phased retiree, produces a sum of 100 percent. Phased retirement period means the period beginning on the date on which an individual becomes entitled to receive a phased retirement annuity and ending on the date on which the individual dies or separates from phased employment. Phased retirement status means that a phased retiree is concurrently employed in phased employment and eligible to receive a phased retirement annuity. Working percentage has the meaning given that term in [§ 831.1712(a)](/cfr/5/831.1712.md?p=a). ## Notes ### Source Source: 79 FR 46619, Aug. 8, 2014, unless otherwise noted. ### Authority Authority: 5 U.S.C. 8347; Sec. 831.102 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8334; Sec. 831.106 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 552a; Sec. 831.108 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8336(d)(2); Sec. 831.114 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8336(d)(2) and Sec. 1313(b)(5) of Pub. L. 107-296, 116 Stat. 2135; Sec. 831.201(b)(1) also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8347(g); Sec. 831.201(b)(6) also issued under 5 U.S.C. 7701(b)(2); Sec. 831.201(g) also issued under Secs. 11202(f), 11232(e), and 11246(b) of Pub. L. 105-33, 111 Stat. 251; Sec. 831.201(g) also issued under Secs. 7(b) and (e) of Pub. L. 105-274, 112 Stat. 2419; Sec. 831.201(i) also issued under Secs. 3 and 7(c) of Pub. L. 105-274, 112 Stat. 2419; Sec. 831.202 also issued under Sec. 111 of Pub. L. 99-500, 100 Stat. 1783, and Sec. 111 of Pub. L. 99-591, 100 Stat. 3341-348, and also Sec. 1 of Pub. L. 110-279, 122 Stat. 2602, as amended by Sec. 1(a) of Pub. L. 116-21, 133 Stat. 903; Sec. 831.204 also issued under Sec. 102(e) of Pub. L. 104-8, 109 Stat. 102, as amended by Sec. 153 of Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321; Sec. 831.205 also issued under Sec. 2207 of Pub. L. 106-265, 114 Stat. 784; Sec. 831.206 also issued under Sec. 1622(b) of Pub. L. 104-106, 110 Stat. 515; Sec. 831.301 also issued under Sec. 2203 of Pub. L. 106-265, 114 Stat. 780; Sec. 831.303 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8334(d)(2) and Sec. 2203 of Pub. L. 106-235, 114 Stat. 780; Sec. 831.502 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8337, and under Sec. 1(3), E.O. 11228, 3 CFR 1965-1965 Comp. p. 317; Sec. 831.663 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8339(j) and (k)(2); Secs. 831.663 and 831.664 also issued under Sec. 11004(c)(2) of Pub. L. 103-66, 107 Stat. 412; Sec. 831.682 also issued under Sec. 201(d) of Pub. L. 99-251, 100 Stat. 23; Sec. 831.912 also issued under Sec. 636 of Appendix C to Pub. L. 106-554, 114 Stat. 2763A-164; Subpart P also issued under Sec. 535(d) of Title V of Division E of Pub. L. 110-161, 121 Stat. 2042; Subpart Q also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8336a; Subpart V also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8343a and Sec. 6001 of Pub. L. 100-203, 101 Stat. 1330-275; Sec. 831.2203 also issued under Sec. 7001(a)(4) of Pub. L. 101-508, 104 Stat. 1388-328; Pub. L. 115-352, 132 Stat. 5067 (5 U.S.C. 101). ### Source Source: 33 FR 12498, Sept. 4, 1968, unless otherwise noted.