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[CITE: 16USC670c]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
          CHAPTER 5C--CONSERVATION PROGRAMS ON GOVERNMENT LANDS
 
      SUBCHAPTER I--CONSERVATION PROGRAMS ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS
 
Sec. 670c. Program for public outdoor recreation


(a) Program authorized

    The Secretary of Defense is also authorized to carry out a program 
for the development, enhancement, operation, and maintenance of public 
outdoor recreation resources at military installations in accordance 
with an integrated natural resources management plan mutually agreed 
upon by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Interior, in 
consultation with the appropriate State agency designated by the State 
in which the installations are located.

(b) Access for disabled veterans, military dependents with disabilities, 
        and other persons with disabilities

    (1) In developing facilities and conducting programs for public 
outdoor recreation at military installations, consistent with the 
primary military mission of the installations, the Secretary of Defense 
shall ensure, to the extent reasonably practicable, that outdoor 
recreation opportunities (including fishing, hunting, trapping, wildlife 
viewing, boating, and camping) made available to the public also provide 
access for persons described in paragraph (2) when topographic, 
vegetative, and water resources allow access for such persons without 
substantial modification to the natural environment.
    (2) Persons referred to in paragraph (1) are the following:
        (A) Disabled veterans.
        (B) Military dependents with disabilities.
        (C) Other persons with disabilities, when access to a military 
    installation for such persons and other civilians is not otherwise 
    restricted.

    (3) The Secretary of Defense shall carry out this subsection in 
consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, national service, 
military, and veterans organizations, and sporting organizations in the 
private sector that participate in outdoor recreation projects for 
persons described in paragraph (2).

(c) Acceptance of donations

    In connection with the facilities and programs for public outdoor 
recreation at military installations, in particular the requirement 
under subsection (b) of this section to provide access for persons 
described in paragraph (2) of such subsection, the Secretary of Defense 
may accept--
        (1) the voluntary services of individuals and organizations; and
        (2) donations of property, whether real or personal.

(d) Treatment of volunteers

    A volunteer under subsection (c) of this section shall not be 
considered to be 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, except that--
        (1) for the purposes of the tort claims provisions of chapter 
    171 of title 28, the volunteer shall be considered to be a Federal 
    employee; and
        (2) for the purposes of subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, 
    relating to compensation to Federal employees for work injuries, the 
    volunteer shall be considered to be an employee, as defined in 
    section 8101(1)(B) of title 5, and the provisions of such subchapter 
    shall apply.

(Pub. L. 86-797, title I, Sec. 103, formerly Sec. 3, Sept. 15, 1960, 74 
Stat. 1053; Pub. L. 90-465, Sec. 1, Aug. 8, 1968, 82 Stat. 661; 
renumbered title I, Sec. 103, Pub. L. 93-452, Sec. 3(1), Oct. 18, 1974, 
88 Stat. 1375; Pub. L. 105-85, div. B, title XXIX, Secs. 2904(b)(6), 
2913(6), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 2018, 2022; Pub. L. 105-261, div. B, 
title XXVIII, Sec. 2813, Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2206.)


                               Amendments

    1998--Pub. L. 105-261 inserted section catchline, designated 
existing provisions as subsec. (a) and inserted heading, and added 
subsecs. (b) to (d).
    1997--Pub. L. 105-85 substituted ``military installations'' for 
``military reservations'', ``an integrated natural resources management 
plan'' for ``a cooperative plan'', and ``the installations'' for ``such 
reservations''.
    1968--Pub. L. 90-465 authorized the carrying out of a public outdoor 
recreation resources program under a cooperative plan between Secretary 
of Defense, Secretary of the Interior, and State agencies, and struck 
out provisions for expenditure of funds collected and purposes therefor, 
now incorporated in section 670f(a) of this title.
