10 USC § 8452 - Civilian teachers: number; compensation

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title: "10 USC § 8452 - Civilian teachers: number; compensation"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8452"
section_name: "Civilian teachers: number; compensation"
chapter_number: 853
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EDUCATION AND TRAINING"
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last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 428, § 6952; Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title XI, § 1107(b), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 778; renumbered § 8452, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(c)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)"
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# § 8452. Civilian teachers: number; compensation

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

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

**(c)** The Secretary of the Navy 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.

**(d)** The Secretary, to the extent he considers proper, may delegate the authority conferred by this section to any person in the Department of the Navy, with or without the authority to make successive redelegations.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 428, § 6952; Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title XI, § 1107(b), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 778; renumbered § 8452, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(c)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 6952 | 34 U.S.C. 1071 (as applicable to Naval Academy). | Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, § 7(a) (as applicable to Naval Academy), 60 Stat. 854. |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 412a. | Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, § 39, 60 Stat. 858. |

The words “for the proper instruction of naval personnel” and the words “be paid out of naval appropriations” are omitted as surplusage.

In subsection (c) the words “except the authority to prescribe regulations” are omitted, since  contains no authority for the Secretary of the Navy to prescribe regulations for the administration of that section.

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 8452, added , , , provided that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a medical or dental officer may be promoted to temporary grade of captain at any time after first anniversary of date upon which he graduated from a medical, osteopathic, or dental school, prior to repeal by , , , effective .

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

1999—Subsecs. (c), (d).  added subsec. (c) and redesignated former subsec. (c) as (d).

## 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 .