[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR537.102]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 537--REPAYMENT OF STUDENT LOANS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 537.102  Definitions.

    In this part:
    Agency has the same meaning as in 5 U.S.C. 4101(l) subparagraph (A), 
(B), (C), (D), or (E).
    Employee has the meaning given that term in 5 U.S.C. 2105, except it 
does not include an employee occupying a position which is excepted from 
the competitive service because of its confidential, policy-determining, 
policy-making, or policy advocating character (i.e., employees serving 
under Schedule C appointments).
    Head of agency means the head of an Executive agency or an official 
who has been delegated the authority to act for the head of the agency 
in the matter concerned.
    Service agreement means a written agreement between an agency and an 
employee under which the employee agrees to a specified period of 
employment with the agency of not less than 3 years, in return for 
payments toward a student loan previously taken out by the employee.
    Student loan means--
    (a) A loan made, insured, or guaranteed under parts B, D or E of 
title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965; or
    (b) A health education assistance loan made or insured under part A 
of title VII of the Public Health Service Act, or under part E of title 
VIII of that Act.

[66 FR 2791, Jan. 11, 2001, as amended at 66 FR 39406, July 31, 2001]