Title 5, Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-102
§8144 Student-employees
Title 5 › PART III — EMPLOYEES › Subpart G — Insurance and Annuities › CHAPTER 81 — COMPENSATION FOR WORK INJURIES › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERALLY › § 8144
Summary
If a student-employee (as defined in section 5351) is disabled or dies from a personal injury that happens during training or while doing training duties, they are treated as an employee who was injured on the job for purposes of this subchapter.
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Title 5, §8144
Government Organization and Employees, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
A student-employee as defined by section 5351 of this title who suffers disability or death as a result of personal injury arising out of and in the course of training, or incurred in the performance of duties in connection with that training, is considered for the purpose of this subchapter an employee who incurred the injury in the performance of duty.
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DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes andStatutes at Large 5 U.S.C. 1053.Aug. 4, 1947, ch. 452, § 4, 61 Stat. 727. Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.
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5 U.S.C. § 8144
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102