§ 550.402 Definitions

5 CFR 550.402 (definition of "Agency")Agency means an Executive agency, as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code.

5 CFR 550.402 (definition of "Day")Day means a calendar day, except when otherwise specified by the head of an agency.

5 CFR 550.402 (definition of "Dependent")Dependent means a family member of the employee residing with the employee and dependent on the employee for support.

5 CFR 550.402 (definition of "Designated representative")Designated representative means a person 16 years of age or over who is named by an employee for the purpose of caring for a dependent.

5 CFR 550.402 (definition of "Domestic partner")Domestic partner means a person in a domestic partnership with an employee or annuitant of the same sex.

5 CFR 550.402 (definition of "Domestic partnership")Domestic partnership means a committed relationship between two adults of the same sex in which the partners—

5 CFR 550.402 (definition of "Domestic partnership", paragraph (1))(1) Are each other's sole domestic partner and intend to remain so indefinitely;

5 CFR 550.402 (definition of "Domestic partnership", paragraph (2))(2) Maintain a common residence, and intend to continue to do so (or would maintain a common residence but for an assignment abroad or other employment-related, financial, or similar obstacle);

5 CFR 550.402 (definition of "Domestic partnership", paragraph (3))(3) Are at least 18 years of age and mentally competent to consent to contract;

5 CFR 550.402 (definition of "Domestic partnership", paragraph (4))(4) Share responsibility for a significant measure of each other's financial obligations;

5 CFR 550.402 (definition of "Domestic partnership", paragraph (5))(5) Are not married or joined in a civil union to anyone else;

5 CFR 550.402 (definition of "Domestic partnership", paragraph (6))(6) Are not the domestic partner of anyone else;

5 CFR 550.402 (definition of "Domestic partnership", paragraph (7))(7) Are not related in a way that, if they were of opposite sex, would prohibit legal marriage in the U.S. jurisdiction in which the domestic partnership was formed;

5 CFR 550.402 (definition of "Domestic partnership", paragraph (8))(8) Are willing to certify, if required by the agency, that they understand that willful falsification of any documentation required to establish that an individual is in a domestic partnership may lead to disciplinary action and the recovery of the cost of benefits received related to such falsification, as well as constitute a criminal violation under 18 U.S.C. 1001, and that the method for securing such certification, if required, will be determined by the agency; and

5 CFR 550.402 (definition of "Domestic partnership", paragraph (9))(9) Are willing promptly to disclose, if required by the agency, any dissolution or material change in the status of the domestic partnership.

5 CFR 550.402 (definition of "Evacuated employee")Evacuated employee means an employee of an agency who has received an order to evacuate.

5 CFR 550.402 (definition of "Family member")Family member means an individual with any of the following relationships to the employee:

5 CFR 550.402 (definition of "Family member", paragraph (1))(1) Spouse, and parents thereof;

5 CFR 550.402 (definition of "Family member", paragraph (2))(2) Sons and daughters, and spouses thereof;

5 CFR 550.402 (definition of "Family member", paragraph (3))(3) Parents, and spouses thereof;

5 CFR 550.402 (definition of "Family member", paragraph (4))(4) Brothers and sisters, and spouses thereof;

5 CFR 550.402 (definition of "Family member", paragraph (5))(5) Grandparents and grandchildren, and spouses thereof;

5 CFR 550.402 (definition of "Family member", paragraph (6))(6) Domestic partner, and children and parents thereof, including a domestic partner of any individual in paragraphs (2)-(5) of this definition; and

5 CFR 550.402 (definition of "Family member", paragraph (7))(7) Any individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship.

5 CFR 550.402 (definition of "Order to evacuate")Order to evacuate means an oral or written order to evacuate an employee from an assigned area.

5 CFR 550.402 (definition of "Safe haven")Safe haven means a designated area to which an employee or dependent will be or has been evacuated.

5 CFR 550.402 (definition of "United States")United States means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, and any territory or possession of the United States.