§ 421. — Payment of residents for services.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[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 Chief Operating Officer 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; Pub. L. 107-107, div. A, title XIV, Sec. 1404(b)(3), Dec.
28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1260.)
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 (b)(1), was repealed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
2001--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107-107 substituted ``Chief Operating
Officer'' for ``Chairman of the Armed Forces Retirement Board''.
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.''
