5 USC § 5352 - Stipends

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identifier: "/us/usc/t5/s5352"
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title: "5 USC § 5352 - Stipends"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "5352"
section_name: "Stipends"
chapter_number: 53
chapter_name: "PAY RATES AND SYSTEMS"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "STUDENT-EMPLOYEES"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EMPLOYEES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 472; Pub. L. 90–623, § 1(7), Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1312; Pub. L. 95–454, title IX, § 906(a)(2), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1224.)"
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# § 5352. Stipends

The head of each agency, and the District of Columbia Council with respect to the government of the District of Columbia, shall fix the stipends of its student-employees. The stipend may not exceed the applicable maximum prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 472; Pub. L. 90–623, § 1(7), Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1312; Pub. L. 95–454, title IX, § 906(a)(2), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1224.)

| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes andStatutes at Large |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 1051 (1st sentence). | Aug. 4, 1947, ch. 452, § 3 (1st sentence), 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.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1978— substituted “Office of Personnel Management” for “Civil Service Commission”.

1968— inserted “, and the District of Columbia Council with respect to the government of the District of Columbia,” after “head of each agency” and substituted “its” for “his”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

Amendment by  effective 90 days after , see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date of 1968 Amendment

Amendment by  intended to restate without substantive change the law in effect on , see , set out as a note under .

### Transfer of Functions

District of Columbia Council, as established by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1967, abolished as of noon , by , , , and replaced by Council of District of Columbia, as provided by .