5 U.S.C. § 9802
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTThe date of enactment of this chapter, referred to in subsecs. (h) and (i), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 108-201, which was approved Feb. 24, 2004.
- Administration
- the term "Administration" means the National Aeronautics and Space Administration;
- Administrator
- the term "Administrator" means the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration;
- appropriate committees of Congress
- the term "appropriate committees of Congress" means-(A) the Committees on Government Reform, Science, and Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and(B) the Committees on Governmental Affairs, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Appropriations of the Senate;
- critical need
- the term "critical need" means a specific and important safety, management, engineering, science, research, or operations requirement of the Administration's mission that the Administration is unable to fulfill because the Administration lacks the appropriate employees because-(A) of the inability to fill positions; or(B) employees do not possess the requisite skills;
- employee
- the term "employee" means an individual employed in or under the Administration;
- workforce plan
- the term "workforce plan" means the plan required under section 9802(a);