5 CFR 531.502
§ 531.502 Definitions.
United States · 5 CFR — Administrative Personnel · Status: effective
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- 5 CFR 531.502, § 531.502 Definitions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/6522
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Agency means an agency defined in section 5102 of title 5, United States Code.
Employee means an employee of an agency.
Quality step increase is synonymous with the term “step increase” used in section 5336 of title 5, United States Code, and means an increase in an employee's rate of basic pay from one step or rate of the grade of his or her position to the next higher step of that grade or next higher rate within the grade (as defined in § 531.403) in accordance with section 5336 of title 5, United States Code, section 4 of the Performance Management and Recognition System Termination Act of 1993 (Pub. L. 103-89), and this subpart.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.