§ 4954. Terms and periods of service

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1973

   Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973

   Pub. L. 93–113 title I § 104 · 87 Stat. 394

   Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 4954

   Pub. L. 93–113, title I, § 104, Oct. 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 397

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 93–113, title I, § 104, Oct. 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 397

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 104. terms and periods of service (a) Volunteers serving under this part shall be required to make a full-time personal commitment to combating poverty and poverty-related human, social, and environmental problems. To the maximum extent practicable, this shall include a commitment to live among and at the economic level of the people served, and to remain available for service without regard to regular working hours, at all times during their periods of service, except for authorized periods of leave. (b) Volunteers serving under this part may be enrolled for periods of service not exceeding two years, but for not less than one-year periods of service, except that volunteers serving under this part may be enrolled for periods of service of less than one year when the Director determines, on an individual basis, that a period of service of less than one year is necessary to meet a critical scarce-skill need. Volunteers serving under this part may be reenrolled for periods of service totaling not more than two years. No volunteer shall serve Limitation. for more than a total of five years under this part. (c) Volunteers under this part shall, upon enrollment, take the oath of office as prescribed in section 5(i) of the Peace Corps Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2504(j)), except that persons legally residing 75 Stat. 613. within a State but who are not citizens or nationals of the United States, may serve under this part without taking or subscribing to such oath, if the Director determines that the service of such persons will further the interests of the United States. Such persons shall take such alternative oath or affirmation as the Director shall deem appropriate. (d) The Director shall establish a procedure, including notice and opportunity to be heard, for volunteers under this part to present and obtain resolution of grievances and to present their views in connection with the terms and conditions of their service. The Director shall promptly provide to each volunteer in service on the date of enactment of this Act, and to each such volunteer beginning service thereafter, information regarding such procedure and the terms and conditions of their service.

2. 1984

   Pub. L. 98–288 § 5 · 98 Stat. 189

   1. Struck · 42 U.S.C. § 4954(a)

      Pub. L. 98–288 struck out “human, social, and environmental” in first sentence after “poverty-related”

   2. Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 4954(a)

      Pub. L. 98–288 substituted “the requirement for full-time commitment” for “this” in second sentence

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–288 struck out “human, social, and environmental” in first sentence after “poverty-related”, and substituted “the requirement for full-time commitment” for “this” in second sentence.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 5. terms and periods of service Section 104(a) is amended— (1) by striking out “human, social, and environmental” in the first sentence; and (2) by striking out “this” the first place it appears in the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof “the requirement for full-time commitment”.

3. 1989

   Domestic Volunteer Service Act Amendments of 1989

   Pub. L. 101–204 title VII § 702 · 103 Stat. 1806

   Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 4954(c)

   Pub. L. 101–204 substituted “for persons appointed to any office of honor or profit by section 3331 of title 5, and shall swear (or affirm) that the volunteer does not advocate the overthrow of the constitutional form of government of the United States and that the volunteer is not a member of an organization that advocates the overthrow of the constitutional form of government of the United States, knowing that such organization so advocates, except” for “in section 2504(j) of title 22, except”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101–204 substituted “for persons appointed to any office of honor or profit by section 3331 of title 5, and shall swear (or affirm) that the volunteer does not advocate the overthrow of the constitutional form of government of the United States and that the volunteer is not a member of an organization that advocates the overthrow of the constitutional form of government of the United States, knowing that such organization so advocates, except” for “in section 2504(j) of title 22, except”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 702. OATH OR AFFIRMATION. The first sentence of section 104(c) (42 U.S.C. 4954(c)) is amended by striking “in section 5(j)” and all that follows through “except” and inserting “for persons appointed to any office of honor or profit by section 3331 of title 5, United States Code, and shall swear (or affirm) that the volunteer does not advocate the overthrow of the constitutional form of government of the United States and that the volunteer is not a member of an organization that advocates the overthrow of the constitutional form of government of the United States, knowing that such organization so advocates, except”.

4. 1993

   Domestic Volunteer Service Act Amendments of 1993

   Pub. L. 103–82 § 324(a) · 107 Stat. 785

   Amended · 42 U.S.C. § 4954(b)

   Pub. L. 103–82, § 324(a), amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: “Volunteers serving under this part may be enrolled for periods of service not exceeding two years, but for not less than one-year periods of service, except that volunteers serving under this part may be enrolled for periods of service of less than one year when the Director determines, on an individual basis, that a period of service of less than one year is necessary to meet a critical scarce-skill need. Volunteers serving under this part may be reenrolled for periods of service totaling not more than two years. No volunteer shall serve for more than a total of five years under this part.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–82, § 324(a), amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: “Volunteers serving under this part may be enrolled for periods of service not exceeding two years, but for not less than one-year periods of service, except that volunteers serving under this part may be enrolled for periods of service of less than one year when the Director determines, on an individual basis, that a period of service of less than one year is necessary to meet a critical scarce-skill need. Volunteers serving under this part may be reenrolled for periods of service totaling not more than two years. No volunteer shall serve for more than a total of five years under this part.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Clarification and Periods of Service.— Subsection (b) of section 104 (42 U.S.C. 4954(b)) is amended to read as follows: “(b) (1) Volunteers serving under this part may be enrolled initially for periods of service of not less than 1 year, nor more than 2 years, except as provided in paragraph (2) or subsection (e). “(2) Volunteers serving under this part may be enrolled for periods of service of less than 1 year if the Director determines, on an individual basis, that a period of service of less than 1 year is necessary to meet a critical scarce skill need. “(3) Volunteers serving under this part may be reenrolled for periods of service in a manner to be determined by the Director. No volunteer shall serve for more than a total of 5 years under this part.”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 103–82 effective Oct. 1, 1993, see section 392 of Pub. L. 103–82, set out as a note under section 4951 of this title.

5. 1993

   Domestic Volunteer Service Act Amendments of 1993

   Pub. L. 103–82 § 324(b) · 107 Stat. 785

   Added · 42 U.S.C. § 4954(e)

   Pub. L. 103–82, § 324(b), added subsec. (e)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 103–82, § 324(b), added subsec. (e).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Summer Program.— Section 104 (42 U.S.C. 4954) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(e) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the Director may enroll full-time VISTA summer associates in a program for the summer months only, under such terms and conditions as the Director shall determine to be appropriate. Such individuals shall be assigned to projects that meet the criteria set forth in section 103(a). “(2) In preparing reports relating to programs under this Act, Reports. the Director shall report on participants, costs, and accomplishments under the summer program separately. “(3) The limitation on funds appropriated for grants and contracts, as contained in section 108, shall not apply to the summer program.”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 103–82 effective Oct. 1, 1993, see section 392 of Pub. L. 103–82, set out as a note under section 4951 of this title.

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