16 U.S.C. § 4604 — Volunteers

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(a) The Secretary may recruit, train, and accept unpaid individual or entity volunteers for the TPIA Program, without following title 5 competitive-service appointment rules or the cited classification and General Schedule pay rules. (b) The Secretary may pay incidental expenses such as transportation, uniforms, lodging, or subsistence. (c)(1) A volunteer is generally not a Federal employee and is not covered by Federal-employment laws on hours, pay, leave, unemployment compensation, or benefits.

(a) The Secretary may recruit, train, and accept unpaid individual or entity volunteers for the TPIA Program, without following title 5 competitive-service appointment rules or the cited classification and General Schedule pay rules. (b) The Secretary may pay incidental expenses such as transportation, uniforms, lodging, or subsistence. (c)(1) A volunteer is generally not a Federal employee and is not covered by Federal-employment laws on hours, pay, leave, unemployment compensation, or benefits. (2) For the Federal Tort Claims Act, the volunteer is a government employee under section 2671 of title 28. (3) For work-injury compensation under title 5, the volunteer is an employee under section 8101.

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(a) Authority to use volunteers

The Secretary is authorized to recruit, train, and accept the services of individuals or entities, without compensation, as volunteers for or in aid of the purposes of the TPIA Program, without regard to the provisions of title 5, that govern appointments in the competitive service, and the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, that relate to classification and General Schedule pay rates.

(b) Incidental expenses

The Secretary is authorized to provide for the incidental expenses of such volunteers, such as transportation, uniforms, lodging, or subsistence.

(c) Volunteers’ status as Federal employees

(1)

Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a volunteer shall not be deemed a Federal employee and shall not be subject to the provisions of law relating to Federal employment, including those provisions relating to hours of work, rates of compensation, leave, unemployment compensation, and Federal employee benefits.

(2)

For purposes of chapter 171 of title 28 (commonly referred to as the “Federal Tort Claims Act”), a volunteer under this subsection shall be considered an employee of the government (as defined in section 2671 of such title).

(3)

For purposes of subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, relating to compensation to Federal employees for work injuries, a volunteer under this subsection shall be considered an employee (as defined in section 8101 of title 5).

Source credit: (Pub. L. 101–628, title XI, § 1105, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4502.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1990Enacted · Pub. L. 101-628 · 104 Stat. 4502

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 101-628 on 1990-11-28.