[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 5, Volume 3] [Revised as of January 1, 2001] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 5CFR2421.2] [Page 375-376] TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL CHAPTER XIV--FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY, GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY AND FEDERAL SERVICE IMPASSES PANEL PART 2421--MEANING OF TERMS AS USED IN THIS SUBCHAPTER--Table of Contents Sec. 2421.2 Terms defined in 5 U.S.C. 7103(a); General Counsel; Assistant Secretary. (a) The terms person, employee, agency, labor organization, dues, Authority, Panel, collective bargaining agreement, grievance, supervisor, management official, collective bargaining, confidential [[Page 376]] employee, conditions of employment, professional employee, exclusive representative, firefighter, and United States, as used in this subchapter shall have the meanings set forth in 5 U.S.C. 7103(a). The terms covered employee, employee, employing office, and agency, when used in connection with the Presidential and Executive Office Accountability Act, 3 U.S.C. 401 et seq., shall have the meaning set out in 3 U.S.C. 401(b), and 431(b) and (d)(2). Employees who are employed in the eight offices listed in 3 U.S.C. 431(d)(2) shall be excluded from coverage if the Authority determines that such exclusion is required because of a conflict of interest, an appearance of a conflict of interest, or the President's or Vice President's constitutional responsibilities, in addition to the exemptions currently set forth in 5 U.S.C. 7103(a). (b) The term General Counsel means the General Counsel of the Authority. (c) The term Assistant Secretary means the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor-Management Relations. [45 FR 3497, Jan. 17, 1980, as amended at 63 FR 46158, Aug. 31, 1998]