Title 5Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73

§5353 Quarters, subsistence, and laundry

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Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Agencies may give student-employees housing, meals, and laundry at hospitals, clinics, or labs. The agency or D.C. Council must deduct a charge from their stipend that's at least the lowest deduction regular staff there pay.

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Title 5, §5353

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An agency may provide living quarters, subsistence, and laundering to student-employees while at the hospitals, clinics, or laboratories. The reasonable value of the accommodations, when furnished, shall be deducted from the stipend of the student-employee. The head of the agency concerned, and the District of Columbia Council with respect to the government of the District of Columbia, shall fix the reasonable value of the accommodations at an amount not less than the lowest deduction applicable to regular employees at the same hospital, clinic, or laboratory for similar accommodations.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes andStatutes at Large 5 U.S.C. 1051 (less 1st sentence).Aug. 4, 1947, ch. 452, § 3 (less 1st sentence), 61 Stat. 727. The section is restated for clarity. Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1968—Pub. L. 90–623 inserted “, and the District of Columbia Council with respect to the government of the District of Columbia,” after “head of the agency concerned”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1968 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 90–623 intended to restate without substantive change the law in effect on Oct. 22, 1968, see section 6 of Pub. L. 90–623, set out as a note under section 5334 of this title.

Transfer of Functions

District of Columbia Council, as established by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1967, abolished as of noon Jan. 2, 1975, by Pub. L. 93–198, title VII, § 711, Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 818, and replaced by Council of District of Columbia, as provided by section 401 of Pub. L. 93–198.

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Citation

5 U.S.C. § 5353

Title 5Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73