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[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.
