[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR724.102]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
 
PART 724_IMPLEMENTATION OF TITLE II OF THE NOTIFICATION AND FEDERAL EMPLOYEE 
 
                Subpart A_Reimbursement of Judgement Fund
 
Sec.  724.102  Definitions.

    In this part:
    Agency means an Executive agency as defined in 5 U.S.C. 105, the 
United States Postal Service, or the Postal Rate Commission;
    Antidiscrimination Laws refers to 5 U.S.C. 2302(b)(1), 5 U.S.C. 
2302(b)(9) as applied to conduct described in 5 U.S.C. 2302(b)(1), 29 
U.S.C. 206(d), 29 U.S.C. 631, 29 U.S.C. 633a, 29 U.S.C. 791 and 42 
U.S.C. 2000e-16.
    Applicant for Federal employment means an individual applying for 
employment in or under a Federal agency;
    Discipline means any one or a combination of the following actions: 
reprimand, suspension without pay, reduction in grade or pay, or 
removal.
    Employee means an individual employed in or under a Federal agency;
    Former Employee means an individual formerly employed in or under a 
Federal agency;
    Judgment Fund means the Judgment Fund established by 31 U.S.C. 1304;
    No FEAR Act means the ``Notification and Federal Employee 
Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002;''
    Notice means the written information provided by Federal agencies 
about the rights and protections available under Federal 
Antidiscrimination Laws and Whistleblower Protection Laws.
    Payment, subject to the following exception, means a disbursement 
from the Judgment Fund on or after October 1, 2003, to an employee, 
former employee, or applicant for Federal employment, in accordance with 
28 U.S.C. 2414, 2517, 2672, 2677 or with 31 U.S.C. 1304, that involves 
alleged discriminatory or retaliatory conduct described in 5 U.S.C. 
2302(b)(1) and (b)(8) or (b)(9) as applied to conduct described in 5 
U.S.C. 2302(b)(1) and/or (b)(8) or conduct described in 29 U.S.C. 
206(d), 29 U.S.C. 631, 29 U.S.C. 633a, 29 U.S.C. 791 and 42 U.S.C. 
2000e-16. For a proceeding involving more than one disbursement from the 
Judgment Fund, however, this term shall apply only if the first 
disbursement occurred on or after October 1, 2003.
    Training means the process by which Federal agencies instruct their 
employees regarding the rights and remedies applicable to such employees 
under the Federal Antidiscrimination Laws and Whistleblower Protection 
Laws.
    Whistleblower Protection Laws refers to 5 U.S.C. 2302(b)(8) or 5 
U.S.C. 2302(b)(9) as applied to conduct described in 5 U.S.C. 
2302(b)(8).

[71 FR 27187, May 10, 2006, as amended at 71 FR 41098, July 20, 2006; 71 
FR 78037, Dec. 28, 2006]