For purposes of this chapter-
5 U.S.C. § 9901
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
IMPACT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL Pub. L. 108-136, div. A, title XI, §1101(b), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1633, provided that:"(1) Any exercise of authority under chapter 99 of such title [this chapter] (as added by subsection (a)), including under any system established under such chapter, shall be in conformance with the requirements of this subsection."(2) No other provision of this Act [see Tables for classification] or of any amendment made by this Act may be construed or applied in a manner so as to limit, supersede, or otherwise affect the provisions of this section [enacting this chapter], except to the extent that it does so by specific reference to this section."