---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 9601"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "9601"
heading: "Definitions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/9601"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart I — Miscellaneous"
  - "Chapter 96 — Personnel Flexibilities Relating to Land Management Agencies"
---

# §9601. Definitions


For purposes of this chapter—

- (1) the term “land management agency” means—
  - (A) the Forest [Service](/usc/5/8401.md?p=26) of the [Department](/usc/5/10101.md?p=4) of Agriculture;
  - (B) the Bureau of Land Management of the [Department](/usc/5/10101.md?p=4) of the Interior;
  - (C) the National Park [Service](/usc/5/8401.md?p=26) of the [Department](/usc/5/10101.md?p=4) of the Interior;
  - (D) the Fish and Wildlife [Service](/usc/5/8401.md?p=26) of the [Department](/usc/5/10101.md?p=4) of the Interior;
  - (E) the Bureau of Indian Affairs of the [Department](/usc/5/10101.md?p=4) of the Interior; and
  - (F) the Bureau of Reclamation of the [Department](/usc/5/10101.md?p=4) of the Interior; and
- (2) the term “time-limited appointment” includes a temporary appointment and a term appointment, as defined by the [Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) of Personnel Management.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 114–47, § 2(a), Aug. 7, 2015, 129 Stat. 485.)