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[Document affected by Public Law 107-107 Section 1404(b)(3)]
[CITE: 24USC421]

 
                     TITLE 24--HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS
 
                CHAPTER 10--ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME
 
      SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF RETIREMENT HOME
 
Sec. 421. Payment of residents for services


(a) Authority

    The Chairman of the Armed Forces Retirement Board is authorized to 
accept for the Armed Forces Retirement Home the part-time or 
intermittent services of a resident of the Retirement Home, to pay the 
resident for such services, and to fix the rate of such pay.

(b) Employment status

    A resident receiving pay for services authorized under subsection 
(a) of this section shall not, by reason of performing such services and 
receiving pay for such services, be considered as--
        (1) receiving the pay of a position or being employed in a 
    position for the purposes of section 5532 \1\ of title 5; or
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        (2) being an employee of the United States for any purpose other 
    than--
            (A) subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5 (relating to 
        compensation for work-related injuries); and
            (B) chapter 171 of title 28 (relating to claims for damages 
        or loss).

(c) ``Position'' defined

    In subsection (b)(1) of this section, the term ``position'' has the 
meaning given that term in section 5531 of title 5.

(Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title XV, Sec. 1521, as added Pub. L. 102-484, 
div. A, title III, Sec. 385(a), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2394; amended 
Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title X, Sec. 1052(b), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 
Stat. 2650.)

                       References in Text

    Section 5532 of title 5, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), was repealed 
by Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title VI, Sec. 651(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 
Stat. 664.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 104-201 amended par. (2) generally. 
Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows: ``being an employee of the 
United States for any other purpose.''


                       Forgiveness of Indebtedness

    Section 385(b) of Pub. L. 102-484 provided that: ``The Chairman of 
the Armed Forces Retirement Board is authorized to cancel the 
indebtedness of any resident of the Armed Forces Retirement Home for 
repayment to the United States of amounts paid the resident for services 
provided to the Retirement Home before the date of the enactment of this 
Act [Oct. 23, 1992] if the Chairman determines that it would be in the 
interest of the United States to do so and against equity and good 
conscience to require the repayment.''
