5 USC § 5353 - Quarters, subsistence, and laundry

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identifier: "/us/usc/t5/s5353"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "5 USC § 5353 - Quarters, subsistence, and laundry"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "5353"
section_name: "Quarters, subsistence, and laundry"
chapter_number: 53
chapter_name: "PAY RATES AND SYSTEMS"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "STUDENT-EMPLOYEES"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EMPLOYEES"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 472; Pub. L. 90–623, § 1(8), Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1312.)"
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# § 5353. Quarters, subsistence, and laundry

An agency may provide living quarters, subsistence, and laundering to student-employees while at the hospitals, clinics, or laboratories. The reasonable value of the accommodations, when furnished, shall be deducted from the stipend of the student-employee. The head of the agency concerned, and the District of Columbia Council with respect to the government of the District of Columbia, shall fix the reasonable value of the accommodations at an amount not less than the lowest deduction applicable to regular employees at the same hospital, clinic, or laboratory for similar accommodations.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 472; Pub. L. 90–623, § 1(8), Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1312.)

| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes andStatutes at Large |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 1051 (less 1st sentence). | Aug. 4, 1947, ch. 452, § 3 (less 1st sentence), 61 Stat. 727. |

The section is restated for clarity.

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## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1968— inserted “, and the District of Columbia Council with respect to the government of the District of Columbia,” after “head of the agency concerned”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### 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 .