[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 699]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR550.202]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 550--PAY ADMINISTRATION (GENERAL)--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart B--Advances in Pay
 
Sec. 550.202  Definitions.

    In this subpart: Agency means an Executive agency, as defined in 5 
U.S.C. 105.
    Employee means an individual employed in or under an agency who is 
appointed to a position with a scheduled tour of duty.
    Head of agency means the head of an agency or an official who has 
been delegated the authority to act for the head of the agency in the 
matter concerned.
    Newly appointed means--
    (a) The first appointment, regardless of tenure, as an employee of 
the Federal Government;
    (b) A new appointment following a break in service of at least 90 
days; or
    (c) A permanent appointment in the competitive service following 
termination of employment under the Student Educational Employment 
Program (as described in Sec. 213.3202 of this chapter), provided such 
employee--
    (1) Was separated from the service, in a nonpay status, or a 
combination of both during the entire 90-day period immediately before 
the permanent appointment; and
    (2) Has fully repaid any former advance in pay under Sec. 550.205.
    Offset or setoff means repayment in installments of an advance in 
pay by payroll deductions or an administrative offset under subpart K of 
this part to collect a debt under 5 U.S.C. 5514 from an indebted 
Government employee.
    Pay period means the pay period established by an agency for an 
employee under 5 U.S.C. 5504.
    Rate of basic pay means the rate of pay fixed by law or 
administrative action for the position held by an employee, including, 
as applicable, annual premium pay under 5 U.S.C. 5545(c), availability 
pay under 5 U.S.C. 5545a, straight-time pay for regular overtime hours 
for firefighters under 5 U.S.C. 5545b (as provided in Sec. 550.1305(b)), 
night differential for prevailing rate employees under 5 U.S.C. 5343(f), 
and any special pay adjustment for law enforcement officers under 
section 404 of the Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act of 1990 (Pub. 
L. 101-509) or locality-based comparability payment under 5 U.S.C. 5304, 
but not including additional pay of any kind.

[56 FR 12837, Mar. 28, 1991, as amended at 57 FR 2435, Jan. 22, 1992; 58 
FR 41625, Aug. 5, 1993; 59 FR 66153, Dec. 23, 1994; 61 FR 3543, Feb. 1, 
1996; 63 FR 64592, Nov. 23, 1998; 64 FR 69176, Dec. 10, 1999]