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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 66 — Domestic Volunteer Services

§ 5058. Eligibility for other benefits

Statutory text

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no payment for supportive services or reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses made to persons serving pursuant to subchapter II of this chapter shall be subject to any tax or charge or be treated as wages or compensation for the purposes of unemployment, temporary disability, retirement, public assistance, workers’ compensation, or similar benefit payments, or minimum wage laws. This section shall become effective with respect to all payments made after .

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. Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973

    Pub. L. 93–113 title IV § 418 · 87 Stat. 394

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 5058

    Pub. L. 93–113, title IV, § 418, Oct. 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 413

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 93–113, title IV, § 418, Oct. 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 413

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 418. eligibility for other benefits Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no payment for supportive services or reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses made to persons serving pursuant to titles II and III of this Act shall Ante, pp. 401, 404. be subject to any tax or charge or be treated as wages or compensation for the purposes of unemployment, temporary disability, retirement, Public assistance, or similar benefit payments, or minimum wage laws, his section shall become effective with respect to all payments made Effective date. after the effective date of this Act.

  2. Domestic Volunteer Service Act Amendments of 1979

    Pub. L. 96–143 § 18(a)(2) · 93 Stat. 1074

    Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 5058

    Pub. L. 96–143 substituted “subchapter II of this chapter” for “subchapters II and III of this chapter”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 96–143 substituted “subchapter II of this chapter” for “subchapters II and III of this chapter”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) Section 418 of the Act is amended by striking out “titles II and 42 USC 5058. UI” and inserting in lieu thereof “title II”.

  3. Pub. L. 98–288 § 24 · 98 Stat. 189

    Inserted · 42 U.S.C. § 5058

    Pub. L. 98–288 inserted “workers’ compensation,” after “public assistance,”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 98–288 inserted “workers’ compensation,” after “public assistance,”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 24. eligibility for other projects Section 418 of the Act is amended by inserting “workers’ compensation,” after “public assistance,”.

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments1979–1984 · 2 rounds

1984

Pub. L. 98–288 inserted “workers’ compensation,” after “public assistance,”.

1979

Pub. L. 96–143 substituted “subchapter II of this chapter” for “subchapters II and III of this chapter”.

Credits

1973–1984 · 3 acts
  1. 1973Pub. L. 93–113, title IV, § 418, , 87 Stat. 413
  2. 1979Pub. L. 96–143, § 18(a)(2), , 93 Stat. 1083
  3. 1984Pub. L. 98–288, § 24, , 98 Stat. 196.
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(Pub. L. 93–113, title IV, § 418, , 87 Stat. 413; Pub. L. 96–143, § 18(a)(2), , 93 Stat. 1083; Pub. L. 98–288, § 24, , 98 Stat. 196.)

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