§ 905. Quarters, quarters allowances, and storage

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1959

   Pub. L. 86–91 § 7 · 73 Stat. 213

   Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 905

   Pub. L. 86–91, § 7, July 17, 1959, 73 Stat. 216

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 86–91, § 7, July 17, 1959, 73 Stat. 216

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 7. quarters, quarters allowances, and storage (a) 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) 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 46 Stat. 818. authorized by the Act of June 26, 1930 (5 U.S.C. 118a). (c) 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 46 Stat. 818. by the Act of June 26, 1930 (5 U.S.C. 118a), 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) If a teacher does not report for service at the beginning of the next school year, he shall 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) 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.

2. 1961

   Pub. L. 87–172 § 1 · 75 Stat. 409

   Inserted · 20 U.S.C. § 905(d)

   Pub. L. 87–172 inserted “except for reasons beyond his control and acceptable to the Department of Defense”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 87–172 inserted “except for reasons beyond his control and acceptable to the Department of Defense”.

3. 2002

   Pub. L. 107–314 div. A title III § 342 · 116 Stat. 2458

   Added · 20 U.S.C. § 905(f)

   Pub. L. 107–314 added subsec. (f)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 107–314 added subsec. (f).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 342. HOUSING BENEFITS FOR UNACCOMPANIED TEACHERS REQUIRED TO LIVE AT GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL STATION, CUBA. Section 7 of the Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act (20 U.S.C. 905) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(f) (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). 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.”.

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