 
       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.

(Pub. L. 86-91, Sec. 7, July 17, 1959, 73 Stat. 216; Pub. L. 87-172, 
Sec. 1, Aug. 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 409.)

                          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

    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.
