Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73

§8143a Members of the National Teacher Corps

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Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Sets two special rules for National Teacher Corps members. Actions taken while on authorized leave or while away from an assigned duty post do not count as "performance of duty," unless the activity was authorized or supervised by the Commissioner of Education. For disability or death payments, count the member’s monthly pay as whichever is higher: their actual monthly pay or the GS‑6 minimum.

Full Legal Text

Title 5, §8143a

Government Organization and Employees — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Subject to the provisions of this section, this subchapter applies to a member of the National Teacher Corps. In administering this subchapter for a member covered by this section— (1)

(2)in computing compensation for disability or death, the monthly pay of a member is deemed his actual pay or that received at the minimum rate for GS–6, whichever is greater.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Section of title 5Source (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 8143a20: 1105(b).Nov. 8, 1965, Pub. L. 89–329, § 515(b), 79 Stat. 1257. The words “a member of the National Teacher Corps” are substituted for “such members” on authority of 20 U.S.C. 1102, 1105(a). In paragraph (1)(B), the words “Commissioner of Education” are substituted for “Commissioner” on authority of 20 U.S.C. 1141(f). In paragraph (2), the words “at the minimum rate for GS–6” are substituted for “under the entrance salary for grade 6,” and the reference to the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949 is omitted as unnecessary.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

Functions of Commissioner of Education of Department of Health, Education, and Welfare transferred to Secretary of Education by section 3441(a)(1) of Title 20, Education.

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Citation

5 U.S.C. § 8143a

Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73