---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 101331"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "101331"
heading: "Definitions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/101331"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — National Park System"
  - "Division A — Establishment and General Administration"
  - "Chapter 1013 — Employees"
  - "Subchapter III — Housing Improvement"
---

# §101331. Definitions


In this subchapter:

- (1) **Field employee.—** The term “field employee” means—
  - (A) an employee of the [Service](/usc/54/100102.md?p=4) who is exclusively assigned by the [Service](/usc/54/100102.md?p=4) to perform duties at a field unit, and the members of the employee’s family; and
  - (B) any other individual who is authorized to occupy Federal Government [quarters](#3) under [section 5911 of title 5](/usc/5/5911.md), and for whom there is no feasible alternative to the provision of Federal Government housing, and the members of the individual’s family.
- (2) **Primary resource values.—** The term “primary resource values” means resources that are specifically mentioned in the enabling legislation for that field unit or other resource value recognized under Federal statute.
- (3) **Quarters.—** The term “quarters” means quarters owned or leased by the Federal Government.
- (4) **Seasonal quarters.—** The term “seasonal quarters” means [quarters](#3) typically occupied by [field employees](#1) who are hired on assignments of 6 months or less.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3126.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 101331 | 16 U.S.C. 17o(19). | Pub. L. 104–333, div. I, title VIII, § 814(a)(19), Nov. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 4194. |

The text of 16 U.S.C. 17o(19)(B) is omitted because the term “land management agency” is not used.