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Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102

§9438 Civilian Faculty: Number; Compensation

Title 10 › Subtitle D — Air Force and Space Force › PART III — TRAINING › CHAPTER 953 — UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY › § 9438

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Air Force can hire as many civilians to serve as professors, instructors, and lecturers at the Academy as the Secretary thinks are needed. The Secretary decides their pay. The Secretary can set their work schedules, including hours and duty tours, and can say how detailed those schedules must be. The Secretary can also decide whether they get extra pay or compensatory time off for hours beyond their normal schedule, even if other federal pay rules would usually apply.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §9438

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Secretary of the Air Force may employ as many civilians as professors, instructors, and lecturers at the Academy as the Secretary considers necessary.
(b)The compensation of persons employed under this section is as prescribed by the Secretary.
(c)The Secretary of the Air Force may, notwithstanding the provisions of subchapter V of chapter 55 of title 5 or section 6101 of such title, prescribe for persons employed under this section the following:
(1)The work schedule, including hours of work and tours of duty, set forth with such specificity and other characteristics as the Secretary determines appropriate.
(2)Any premium pay or compensatory time off for hours of work or tours of duty in excess of the regularly scheduled hours or tours of duty.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 9338 of this title as this section. 1999—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 106–65 added subsec. (c).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of

Amendments

and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

10 U.S.C. § 9438

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102