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20 U.S.C. § 125 — Employees of hospital
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**(a) Opportunity to transfer; guarantee of rights and benefits** The agreement for transfer of Freedmen’s Hospital referred to in [section 124 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section124&num=0&edition=prelim) shall include provisions to assure that—
(1) all individuals who are career or career-conditional employees of the hospital on the day preceding the effective date of the transfer of the hospital, except those in positions with respect to which they have been notified not less than six months prior to the effective date of such transfer that their positions are to be abolished, will be offered an opportunity to transfer to Howard University;
(2) Howard University—
(A) will not reduce the salary levels for such employees who transfer,
(B) will deposit currently (i) in the civil service retirement and disability fund referred to in [section 8348 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8348&num=0&edition=prelim), the employee deductions and agency contributions required by subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, and (ii) in the fund referred to in [section 8714 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8714&num=0&edition=prelim), the employee deductions and agency contributions required by chapter 87 of title 5.
(C) will provide other benefits for such employees as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to those generally applicable, on the effective date of the transfer of the hospital, to civilian employees of the United States, and
(D) in determining the seniority rights of its employees, Howard University will credit service with Freedmen’s Hospital performed by such employees who transfer, on the same basi
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**(a) Opportunity to transfer; guarantee of rights and benefits** The agreement for transfer of Freedmen’s Hospital referred to in [section 124 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section124&num=0&edition=prelim) shall include provisions to assure that—
(1) all individuals who are career or career-conditional employees of the hospital on the day preceding the effective date of the transfer of the hospital, except those in positions with respect to which they have been notified not less than six months prior to the effective date of such transfer that their positions are to be abolished, will be offered an opportunity to transfer to Howard University;
(2) Howard University—
(A) will not reduce the salary levels for such employees who transfer,
(B) will deposit currently (i) in the civil service retirement and disability fund referred to in [section 8348 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8348&num=0&edition=prelim), the employee deductions and agency contributions required by subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, and (ii) in the fund referred to in [section 8714 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8714&num=0&edition=prelim), the employee deductions and agency contributions required by chapter 87 of title 5.
(C) will provide other benefits for such employees as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to those generally applicable, on the effective date of the transfer of the hospital, to civilian employees of the United States, and
(D) in determining the seniority rights of its employees, Howard University will credit service with Freedmen’s Hospital performed by such employees who transfer, on the same basis as it would credit such service had it been performed for such University;
(3) the transfer will become effective not later than the beginning of the second month which begins after construction of the new hospital facilities authorized by [section 126 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section126&num=0&edition=prelim) is commenced.
**(b) Placement of employees in comparable Federal positions** The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare shall make every reasonable effort to place in other comparable Federal positions all individuals who are career or career-conditional employees of Freedmen’s Hospital on September 21, 1961 and who do not transfer to Howard University.
**(c) Services performed in the employ of United States** Each individual who is an employee of Freedmen’s Hospital on September 21, 1961 and who transfers to Howard University shall, so long as he is continuously in the employ of Howard University, be regarded as continuing in the employ of the United States for the purposes of subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, chapter 87 of title 5. For purposes of [section 3121(b) of title 26](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section3121/b&num=0&edition=prelim) and [section 410 of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section410&num=0&edition=prelim), service performed by such individual during the period of his employment at Howard University shall be regarded as though performed in the employ of the United States.
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For the purposes of this subchapter—
**(a) Employment** The term “employment” means any service performed after 1936 and prior to 1951 which was employment for the purposes of this subchapter under the law applicable to the period in which such service was performed, and any service, of whatever nature, performed after 1950 (A) by an employee for the person employing him, irrespective of the citizenship or residence of either, (i) within the United States, or (ii) on or in connection with an American vessel or American aircraft under a contract of service which is entered into within the United States or during the performance of which and while the employee is employed on the vessel or aircraft it touches at a port in the United States, if the employee is employed on and in connection with such vessel or aircraft when outside the United States, or (B) outside the United States by a citizen or resident of the United States as an employee (i) of an American employer (as defined in subsection (e) of this section), or (ii) of a foreign affiliate (as defined in section 3121(l)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) of an American employer during any period for which there is in effect an agreement, entered into pursuant to section 3121(l) of such Code, with respect to such affiliate, or (C) if it is service, regardless of where or by whom performed, which is designated as employment or recognized as equivalent to employment under an agreement entered into under [section 433 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section433&num=0&edition=prelim); except that, in the case of service performed after 1950, such term shall not include—
(1) Service performed by foreign agricultural workers lawfully admitted to the United States fro
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**(a) Purpose; authorization; agreement** For the purpose of assisting in the provision of teaching hospital resources for Howard University, thereby assisting the university in the training of medical and allied personnel and in providing hospital services for the community, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall, pursuant to agreement with the board of trustees of Howard University, transfer to Howard University, without reimbursement, all right, title, and interest of the United States in certain lands in the District of Columbia, together with the buildings and improvements thereon and the personal property used in connection therewith (as determined by the Secretary), commonly known as Freedmen’s Hospital.
**(b) Congressional intent** It is the intent of Congress (1) that the transfer of Freedmen’s Hospital to Howard University be effected as soon as practicable, (2) to assure the well-being of patients at Freedmen’s Hospital during the period of transition, and (3) that the transfer be effected with minimum dislocation of the present hospital staff and maximum consideration of their interests as employees.
**(c) Report to Congress** The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall report to the Congress the terms of the agreement for such transfer.
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**(a)** The amounts withheld from employees under [section 8707 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8707&num=0&edition=prelim) and the sums contributed from appropriations and funds under [section 8708 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8708&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Employees’ Life Insurance Fund. The Fund is available without fiscal year limitation for—
(1) premium payments under an insurance policy purchased under this chapter; and
(2) expenses incurred by the Office of Personnel Management in the administration of this chapter within the limitations that may be specified annually by appropriation acts.
**(b)** The Secretary of the Treasury may invest and reinvest any of the money in the Fund in interest-bearing obligations of the United States, and may sell these obligations for the purposes of the Fund. The interest on and the proceeds from the sale of these obligations, and the income derived from dividend or premium rate adjustments from insurers, become a part of the Fund.
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(1) No tax, fee, or other monetary payment may be imposed or collected by any State, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or by any political subdivision or other governmental authority thereof, on, or with respect to, any premium paid under an insurance policy purchased under this chapter.
(2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not be construed to exempt any company issuing a policy of insurance under this chapter from the imposition, payment, or collection of a tax, fee, or other monetary payment on the net income or profit accruing to or realized by that company from bu
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For the purpose specified in [section 124 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section124&num=0&edition=prelim), there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the construction of a building or buildings and facilities, including equipment, and for remodeling of existing buildings (including repair and replacement of equipment) which are to be combined with the building or buildings and facilities so constructed, to provide a hospital with a capacity of not to exceed five hundred beds.
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**(a)** There is a Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund. The Fund—
(1) is appropriated for the payment of—
(A) benefits as provided by this subchapter or by the provisions of chapter 84 of this title which relate to benefits payable out of the Fund; and
(B) administrative expenses incurred by the Office of Personnel Management in placing in effect each annuity adjustment granted under section 8340 or 8462 of this title, in administering survivor annuities and elections providing therefor under sections 8339 and 8341 of this title or subchapters II and IV of chapter 84 of this title, in administering alternative forms of annuities under sections 8343a and 8420a (and related provisions of law), in making an allotment or assignment made by an individual under section 8345(h) or 8465(b) of this title, in administering fraud prevention under sections 8345, 8345a, 8466, and 8466a of this title, and in withholding taxes pursuant to [section 3405 of title 26](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section3405&num=0&edition=prelim) or section 8345(k) or 8469 of this title;
(2) is made available, subject to such annual limitation as the Congress may prescribe, for any expenses incurred by the Office in connection with the administration of this chapter, chapter 84 of this title, and other retirement and annuity statutes; and
(3) is made available, subject to such annual limitation as the Congress may prescribe, for any expenses incurred by the Merit Systems Protection Board in the administration of appeals authorized under sections 8347(d) and 8461(e) of this title.
**(b)** The Secretary of the Treasury may accept and credit to the Fund money received in the form of a donation, gift, legacy, or bequest, or otherwise contributed for
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In order to facilitate operation of teaching hospital facilities at Howard University, there are authorized to be appropriated annually to the university such sums as the Congress may determine, for the partial support of the operation of such facilities giving consideration to the cost imposed by the provisions of [section 125 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section125&num=0&edition=prelim) and the portion of the agreement under sections 124 to 129 of this title relating to such provisions. The cost of operating such facilities, the appropriations pursuant to this section, and any other income derived from such operation or available for such purpose shall be identified and accounted for separately in the accounts of the university.
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TITLE 20—EDUCATION
§ 125
§ 124. Transfer of Freedmen’s Hospital to Howard
University
(a) Purpose; authorization; agreement
For the purpose of assisting in the provision of
teaching hospital resources for Howard Univer-
sity, thereby assisting the university in the
training of medical and allied personnel and in
providing hospital services for the community,
the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
shall, pursuant to agreement with the board of
trustees of Howard University, transfer to How-
ard University, without reimbursement, all
right, title, and interest of the United States in
certain lands in the District of Columbia, to-
gether with the buildings and improvements
thereon and the personal property used in con-
nection therewith (as determined by the Sec-
retary), commonly known as Freedmen’s Hos-
pital.
(b) Congressional intent
It is the intent of Congress (1) that the trans-
fer of Freedmen’s Hospital to Howard University
be effected as soon as practicable, (2) to assure
the well-being of patients at Freedmen’s Hos-
pital during the period of transition, and (3) that
the transfer be effected with minimum disloca-
tion of the present hospital staff and maximum
consideration of their interests as employees.
(c) Report to Congress
The Secretary of Health, Education, and Wel-
fare shall report to the Congress the terms of
the agreement for such transfer.
(Pub. L. 87–262, § 1, Sept. 21, 1961, 75 Stat. 542.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Functions of Secretary of Health, Education, and
Welfare under laws relating to relationship between
Howard University and Department of Health, Edu-
cation, and Welfare transferred to Secretary of Edu-
cation by section 3441(a)(2)(M) of this title.
REPEAL OF L
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