Notice to Volunteer
Volunteers are not considered to be Federal employees for any purposes other than tort claims and injury compensation. Volunteer service is not creditable for leave accrual or any other benefit. However, volunteer service is creditable for work experience.
PUBLIC LAW 109–125—DEC. 7, 2005 119 STAT. 2545
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 584: SENATE REPORTS: No. 109–156 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources).CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 151 (2005):
Mar. 14, considered and passed House.
Nov. 16, considered and passed Senate.
(d) FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT STATUS OF VOLUNTEERS.—
(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) Volunteers shall be deemed employees of the United States for the purposes of— (A) the tort claims provisions of title 28, United States Code; (B) subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, United States
Code; and (C) claims relating to damage to, or loss of, personal property of a volunteer incident to volunteer service, in which case the provisions of section 3721 of title 31, United States Code, shall apply.
(3) Volunteers under this Act shall be subject to chapter 11 of title 18, United States Code, unless the Secretary, with the concurrence of the Director of the Office of Government Ethics, determines in writing published in the Federal Register that the provisions of that chapter, except section 201, shall not apply to the actions of a class or classes of volunteers who carry out only those duties or functions specified in the determination.
Approved December 7, 2005.
Federal Register, publication.
Privacy Act Statement
Following information is provided to comply with the Privacy Act (PL 93-597). 5 U.S.C. 301 and 7 CFR 260 authorize acceptance of the information requested on this form. The data will be used to contact applicants and to interview, screen, and select them for volunteer assignments. Furnishing this data is voluntary.
EEO Statement
The United States Government does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a parent, genetic information, disability, age, membership or non-membership in an employee organization, or on the basis of personal favoritism.