10 USC § 7438 - Civilian faculty: number; compensation

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title: "10 USC § 7438 - Civilian faculty: number; compensation"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "7438"
section_name: "Civilian faculty: number; compensation"
chapter_number: 753
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "TRAINING"
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currency: "119-73"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title V, § 533(a)(1), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1658, § 4338; amended Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title XI, § 1107(a), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 778; renumbered § 7438, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(c)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)"
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# § 7438. Civilian faculty: number; compensation

**(a)** The Secretary of the Army may employ as many civilians as professors, instructors, and lecturers at the Academy as the Secretary considers necessary.

**(b)** The compensation of persons employed under this section is as prescribed by the Secretary.

**(c)** The Secretary of the Army may, notwithstanding the provisions of subchapter V of chapter 55 of title 5 or section 6101 of such title, prescribe for persons employed under this section the following:

**(1)** The work schedule, including hours of work and tours of duty, set forth with such specificity and other characteristics as the Secretary determines appropriate.

**(2)** Any premium pay or compensatory time off for hours of work or tours of duty in excess of the regularly scheduled hours or tours of duty.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title V, § 533(a)(1), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1658, § 4338; amended Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title XI, § 1107(a), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 778; renumbered § 7438, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(c)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Prior sections 7438 and 7439 were renumbered sections 8738 and 8739 of this title, respectively.

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

1999—Subsec. (c).  added subsec. (c).

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .