§ 558c. — Employment status of volunteers.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC558c]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 3--FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 558c. Employment status of volunteers
(a) Federal employee status
Except as otherwise provided in this section, 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 relating to hours
of work, rates of compensation, leave, unemployment compensation, and
Federal employee benefits.
(b) Tort claims
For the purpose of the tort claim provisions of title 28, a
volunteer under sections 558a to 558d of this title shall be considered
a Federal employee.
(c) Civil employees
For the purposes of subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, relating
to compensation to Federal employees for work injuries, volunteers under
sections 558a to 558d of this title shall be deemed civil employees of
the United States within the meaning of the term ``employee'' as defined
in section 8101 of title 5, and the provisions of that subchapter shall
apply.
(d) Compensation for losses and damages
For the purposes of claims relating to damage to, or loss of,
personal property of a volunteer incident to volunteer service, a
volunteer under sections 558a to 558d of this title shall be considered
a Federal employee, and the provisions of section 3721 of title 31 shall
apply.
(Pub. L. 92-300, Sec. 3, May 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 147; Pub. L. 101-286,
title II, Sec. 204(a), May 9, 1990, 104 Stat. 175.)
References in Text
Tort claim provisions of title 28, referred to in subsec. (b), are
the provisions of the Federal Tort Claims Act, which is classified
generally to section 1346(b) and chapter 171 (Sec. 2671 et seq.) of
Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
Amendments
1990--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101-286 added subsec. (d).
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 558d, 583j-4, 1246, 1250,
1282 of this title.
