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10 U.S.C. § 2605 — Acceptance of gifts for defense dependents’ schools

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10 U.S.C. § 2605 — Acceptance of gifts for defense dependents’ schools

**(a)** The Secretary of Defense may accept, hold, administer, and spend any gift (including any gift of an interest in real property) made on the condition that it be used in connection with the operation or administration of a defense dependents’ school. The Secretary may pay all necessary expenses in connection with the acceptance of a gift under this subsection. **(b)** There is established in the Treasury a fund to be known as the “Department of Defense Dependents’ Education Gift Fund”. Gifts of money, and the proceeds of the sale of property, received under subsection (a) shall be deposited in the fund. The Secretary may disburse funds deposited under this subsection for the benefit or use of defense dependents’ schools, subject to the terms of the gift. **(c)** Subsection (c) of [section 2601 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2601&num=0&edition=prelim) applies to property that is accepted under subsection (a) in the same manner that such subsection applies to property that is accepted under subsection (a) of that section. **(d)** (1) Upon request of the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Treasury may— (A) retain money, securities, and the proceeds of the sale of securities, in the Department of Defense Dependents’ Education Gift Fund; and (B) invest money and reinvest the proceeds of the sale of securities in that fund in securities of the United States or in securities guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States. (2) The interest and profits accruing from those securities shall be deposited to the credit of the fund and may be disbursed as provided in subsection (b). **(e)** In this section, the term “gift” includes a devise of real property or a bequest of personal pro

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**(a)** The Secretary of Defense may accept, hold, administer, and spend any gift (including any gift of an interest in real property) made on the condition that it be used in connection with the operation or administration of a defense dependents’ school. The Secretary may pay all necessary expenses in connection with the acceptance of a gift under this subsection. **(b)** There is established in the Treasury a fund to be known as the “Department of Defense Dependents’ Education Gift Fund”. Gifts of money, and the proceeds of the sale of property, received under subsection (a) shall be deposited in the fund. The Secretary may disburse funds deposited under this subsection for the benefit or use of defense dependents’ schools, subject to the terms of the gift. **(c)** Subsection (c) of [section 2601 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2601&num=0&edition=prelim) applies to property that is accepted under subsection (a) in the same manner that such subsection applies to property that is accepted under subsection (a) of that section. **(d)** (1) Upon request of the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Treasury may— (A) retain money, securities, and the proceeds of the sale of securities, in the Department of Defense Dependents’ Education Gift Fund; and (B) invest money and reinvest the proceeds of the sale of securities in that fund in securities of the United States or in securities guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States. (2) The interest and profits accruing from those securities shall be deposited to the credit of the fund and may be disbursed as provided in subsection (b). **(e)** In this section, the term “gift” includes a devise of real property or a bequest of personal property. **(f)** The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section. **(g)** In this section, the term “defense dependents’ school” means the following: (1) A school established as part of the defense dependents’ education system provided for under the Defense Dependents’ Education Act of 1978 ([20 U.S.C. 921](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section921&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.). (2) An elementary or secondary school established pursuant to [section 2164 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2164&num=0&edition=prelim).

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10 U.S.C. § 2601 — General gift funds

**(a) General Authority to Accept Gifts.—** (1) The Secretary concerned may accept, hold, administer, and spend any gift, devise, or bequest of real property, personal property, or money made on the condition that the gift, devise, or bequest be used for the benefit, or in connection with, the establishment, operation, or maintenance, of a school, hospital, library, museum, cemetery, or other institution or organization under the jurisdiction of the Secretary. (2) (A) Notwithstanding [section 1342 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1342&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary concerned may accept a gift of services for a military museum program or a professional military education institution from a nonprofit entity established for the purpose of supporting a military museum program or a professional military education institution. Employees or personnel of a nonprofit entity who provide a gift of services under this subparagraph may not be considered to be employees of the United States. (B) For the use and benefit of a military museum program, the Secretary concerned may solicit from a bona fide collector a gift of books, manuscripts, works of art, historical artifacts, drawings, plans, models, or condemned or obsolete combat materiel. **(b) Additional Authority to Accept Gifts to Benefit Certain Members, Dependents, and Civilian Employees.—** (1) The Secretary concerned may accept, hold, administer, and spend any gift, devise, or bequest of real property, personal property, money, or services made on the condition that the gift, devise, or bequest be used for the benefit of— (A) members of the armed forces, including members performing full-time National Guard duty under [section 502(f) of title 32](http

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20 U.S.C. § 921 — Defense dependents’ education system

**(a) Establishment** The Secretary of Defense shall establish and operate a program (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the “defense dependents’ education system”) to provide a free public education through secondary school for dependents in overseas areas. **(b) Program purposes and activities** (1) The Secretary shall ensure that individuals eligible to receive a free public education under subsection (a) receive an education of high quality. (2) In establishing the defense dependents’ education system under subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide programs designed to meet the special needs of— (A) the handicapped, (B) individuals in need of compensatory education, (C) individuals with an interest in vocational education, (D) gifted and talented individuals, and (E) individuals of limited English-speaking ability. (3) The Secretary shall provide a developmental preschool program to individuals eligible to receive a free public education under subsection (a) who are of preschool age if a preschool program is not otherwise available for such individuals and if funds for such a program are available. **(c) Consultation requirements** The Secretary of Defense shall consult with the Secretary of Education on the educational programs and practices of the defense dependents’ education system. **(d) Optional summer school programs** (1) The Secretary of Defense may provide optional summer school programs in the defense dependents’ education system. (2) The Secretary shall provide any summer school program under this subsection on the same financial basis as programs offered during the regular school year, except that the Secretary may charge reasonable fees for all or portions of such summer school programs to the extent that the Secretary

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10 U.S.C. § 2164 — Department of Defense domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools

**(a) Authority of Secretary.—** (1) If the Secretary of Defense makes a determination that appropriate educational programs are not available through a local educational agency for dependents of members of the armed forces and dependents of civilian employees of the Federal Government residing on a military installation in the United States (including territories, commonwealths, and possessions of the United States), the Secretary may enter into arrangements to provide for the elementary or secondary education of the dependents of such members of the armed forces and, to the extent authorized in subsection (c), the dependents of such civilian employees. (2) The Secretary may, at the discretion of the Secretary, permit dependents of members of the armed forces and, to the extent provided in subsection (c), dependents of civilian employees of the Federal Government residing in a territory, commonwealth, or possession of the United States but not on a military installation, to enroll in an educational program provided by the Secretary pursuant to this subsection. If a member of the armed forces is assigned to a remote location or is assigned to an unaccompanied tour of duty, a dependent of the member who resides, on or off a military installation, in a territory, commonwealth, or possession of the United States, as authorized by the member’s orders, may be enrolled in an educational program provided by the Secretary under this subsection. (3) (A) Under the circumstances described in subparagraph (B), the Secretary may, at the discretion of the Secretary, permit a dependent of a member of the armed forces to enroll in an educational program provided by the Secretary pursuant to this subsection without regard to the requirement in paragraph (1) with respect to residen

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10 U.S.C. § 2605 — Acceptance of gifts for defense depend-

Page 2019 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 2606 (e) Where practicable, the President shall also make arrangements to provide for convertibility of local currencies for the United Seamen’s Service, in connection with its activities under subsection (a). (f) For the purposes of this section, employees of the United Seamen’s Service may not be con- sidered as employees of the United States. (Added Pub. L. 91–603, § 3(1), Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1674.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries SHORT TITLE Pub. L. 91–603, § 1, Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1674, provided: ‘‘That this Act [enacting this section, amending sec- tions 1151, 1152, 1171, and 1223 of Title 46, Appendix, Shipping, and enacting provisions set out as a note under this section] may be cited as the ‘Seamen’s Serv- ice Act’.’’ CONGRESSIONAL DECLARATION OF PURPOSE Pub. L. 91–603, § 2, Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1674, provided that: ‘‘It is the purpose of this Act [enacting this sec- tion and amending sections 1151, 1152, 1171 and 1223 of Title 46, Appendix, Shipping], by authorizing appro- priate departments and agencies of the United States Government to cooperate with the United Seamen’s Service (a nonprofit, charitable organization incor- porated under the laws of the State of New York) in the establishment and operation of facilities for United States merchant seamen in foreign areas, to promote the welfare of such seamen, essential to the overall in- terests of shipment of United States goods and supplies to such areas.’’ § 2605. Acceptance of gifts for defense depend- ents’ schools (a) The Secretary of Defense may accept, hold, administer, and spend any gift (including any gift of an interest in real property) made on the condition that it be used in connection with the operation or administ

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20 U.S.C. § 921 — Defense dependents’ education system

Page 134 TITLE 20—EDUCATION § 907 217, set out as a note under section 5921 of Title 5, Gov- ernment Organization and Employees. REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO PAYMENT OF ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION For provisions relating to payment of additional compensation authorized by subsec. (a)(2) of this sec- tion in accordance with the regulations contained in Ex. Ord. No. 10000, see section 1–101 of Ex. Ord. No. 12228, July 24, 1980, 45 F.R. 49903, set out as a note under section 707 of Title 38, Veterans’ Benefits. § 907. Applicability of other laws In the case of any teacher who— (1) is performing services as a teacher at the close of a school year, (2) agrees in writing to serve as a teacher for the next school year, and (3) is employed in another position in the re- cess period immediately preceding such next school year, or, during such recess period, re- ceives quarters, allowances, or additional com- pensation referred to in sections 905 and 906 of this title, or both, as the case may be, section 5533 of title 5 shall not apply to such teacher by reason of any such employment dur- ing a recess period or any such receipt of quar- ters, allowances, or additional compensation, or both, as the case may be. (Pub. L. 86–91, § 10(b), July 17, 1959, 73 Stat. 217; Pub. L. 88–448, title IV, § 401(n), Aug. 19, 1964, 78 Stat. 492.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION ‘‘Section 5533 of title 5’’ substituted in text for ‘‘sec- tion 301 of the Dual Compensation Act’’ on authority of Pub. L. 89–554, § 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organiza- tion and Employees. Section was formerly classified to section 2358(b) of Title 5 period to the general revision and enactment of Title 5 by Pub. L. 89–554, § 1, Sept. 6, 1966,

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