Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 84 — Department of Energy
§ 7142c. Museum volunteers
Statutory text
Authority to use volunteers
The Secretary may recruit, train, and accept the services of individuals or entities as volunteers for services or activities related to the Museum.
Status of volunteers
In general
Except as provided in paragraph (2), service by a volunteer under subsection (a) shall not be considered Federal employment.
Exceptions
Federal Tort Claims Act
For purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, a volunteer under subsection (a) shall be treated as an employee of the Government (as defined in section 2671 of that title).
Compensation for work injuries
For purposes of subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, a volunteer described in subsection (a) shall be treated as an employee (as defined in section 8101 of title 5).
Compensation
A volunteer under subsection (a) shall serve without pay, but may receive nominal awards and reimbursement for incidental expenses, including expenses for a uniform or transportation in furtherance of Museum activities.
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.
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001
Pub. L. 106–554 § 1(a)(4)(dB)(tIV)(s403) · 114 Stat. 2763
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 7142c
(Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(4) [div. B, title IV, § 403], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A–267.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(4) [div. B, title IV, § 403], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A–267.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(4) H.R. 5666, as introduced on December 15, 2000, except that the text of H.R. 5666, as so enacted, shall not include section 123 (relating to the enactment of H.R. 4904).
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001, and also as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001, and not as part of the Department of Energy Organization Act which comprises this chapter.
Credits
(Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(4) [div. B, title IV, § 403], , 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A–267.)