§ 905. — Quarters, quarters allowances, and storage.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC905]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 25--PAY AND PERSONNEL PROGRAM FOR OVERSEAS TEACHERS
Sec. 905. Quarters, quarters allowances, and storage
(a) Entitlement
Under regulations which shall be prescribed by or under authority of
the President, each teacher (other than a teacher employed in a
substitute capacity) shall be entitled, in addition to basic
compensation, to quarters, quarters allowance, and storage as provided
by this section.
(b) Furnishing of living quarters or grant of allowance
Each teacher (other than a teacher employed in a substitute
capacity) shall be entitled, for each school year for which he performs
services as a teacher, to quarters or a quarters allowance equal to
those authorized by section 5912 of title 5.
(c) Recess periods
Each teacher (other than a teacher employed in a substitute
capacity) who is performing services as a teacher at the close of a
school year and agrees in writing to serve as a teacher for the next
school year may be authorized, for the recess period immediately
preceding such next school year--
(1) quarters or a quarters allowance equal to those authorized
by section 5912 of title 5, or
(2) in lieu of such quarters or quarters allowance, storage
(including packing, drayage, unpacking, and transportation to and
from storage) of his household effects and personal possessions.
(d) Failure to report for service; liability to United States
If a teacher does not report for service at the beginning of the
next school year, he shall, except for reasons beyond his control and
acceptable to the Department of Defense, be obligated to the United
States in an amount equal to any quarters allowance which he may have
received under subsection (c) of this section or in an amount equal to
the reasonable value of any quarters or storage which he may have
received under such subsection, or both, as the case may be.
(e) Employment in other positions during recess periods
Quarters, quarters allowance, and storage provided under this
section shall be in lieu of any quarters, quarters allowance, and
storage to which he otherwise might be entitled by reason of employment
in another position during any recess period between two school years.
(f) Lease of military family housing by teacher assigned to teach at
Guantanamo Bay Naval Station, Cuba
(1) A teacher assigned to teach at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station,
Cuba, who is not accompanied at such station by any dependent shall be
offered for lease any available military family housing at such station
that is suitable for occupancy by the teacher and is not needed to house
members of the armed forces and dependents accompanying them or other
civilian personnel and any dependents accompanying them.
(2) For any period for which military family housing is leased under
paragraph (1) to a teacher described in such paragraph, the teacher
shall receive a quarters allowance in the amount determined under
subsection (b) of this section. The teacher is entitled to such quarters
allowance without regard to whether other Government furnished quarters
are available for occupancy by the teacher without charge to the
teacher.
(Pub. L. 86-91, Sec. 7, July 17, 1959, 73 Stat. 216; Pub. L. 87-172,
Sec. 1, Aug. 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 409; Pub. L. 107-314, div. A, title III,
Sec. 342, Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2515.)
Codification
In subsecs. (b) and (c)(1), ``section 5912 of title 5'' substituted
for ``the Act of June 26, 1930 (5 U.S.C. 118a)'' on authority of Pub. L.
89-554, Sec. 7(b), June 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first section of
which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Section was formerly classified to section 2355 of Title 5 prior to
the general revision and enactment of Title 5 by Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 1,
Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.
Amendments
2002--Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 107-314 added subsec. (f).
1961--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 87-172 inserted ``except for reasons
beyond his control and acceptable to the Department of Defense''.
Delegation of Functions
Functions vested in President by subsec. (a) of this section
concerning authority to prescribe regulations relating to quarters and
quarters allowances delegated to Secretary of State pursuant to Ex. Ord.
No. 12228, July 24, 1980, 45 F.R. 49903, set out as a note under section
707 of Title 38, Veterans' Benefits.
Authority of President under subsec. (a) of this section to
prescribe regulations relating to storage (including packing, drayage,
unpacking, and transportation to and from storage) of household effects
and personal possessions delegated to Administrator of General Services,
see section 1(19) of Ex. Ord. No. 11609, July 22, 1971, 36 F.R. 13747,
set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The President.
Secretary of State empowered to prescribe regulations relating to
cost-of-living allowances, see section 4(a) of Ex. Ord. No. 10903, Jan.
11, 1961, 26 F.R. 217, set out as a note under section 5921 of Title 5,
Government Organization and Employees.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 907 of this title.
