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[CITE: 31USC1342]

 
                       TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
 
                     SUBTITLE II--THE BUDGET PROCESS
 
                       CHAPTER 13--APPROPRIATIONS
 
         SUBCHAPTER III--LIMITATIONS, EXCEPTIONS, AND PENALTIES
 
Sec. 1342. Limitation on voluntary services

    An officer or employee of the United States Government or of the 
District of Columbia government may not accept voluntary services for 
either government or employ personal services exceeding that authorized 
by law except for emergencies involving the safety of human life or the 
protection of property. This section does not apply to a corporation 
getting amounts to make loans (except paid in capital amounts) without 
legal liability of the United States Government. As used in this 
section, the term ``emergencies involving the safety of human life or 
the protection of property'' does not include ongoing, regular functions 
of government the suspension of which would not imminently threaten the 
safety of human life or the protection of property.

(Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 923; Pub. L. 101-508, title 
XIII, Sec. 13213(b), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388-621; Pub. L. 104-92, 
title III, Sec. 310(a), Jan. 6, 1996, 110 Stat. 20.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised Section                   Source (U.S. Code)                
Source (Statutes at Large)
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1342.................................  31:665(b).                      R.S. Sec
.  3679(b), (d)(2)(last sentence
                                                                        related
 to voluntary services); Mar. 3,
                                                                        1905, c
h. 1484, Sec.  4(1st par.), 33
                                                                        Stat. 1
257; Feb. 27, 1906, ch. 510, Sec.
                                                                         3, 34 
Stat. 48; restated Sept. 6, 1950,
                                                                        ch. 896
, Sec.  1211, 64 Stat. 765.
                                       31:665(d)(2)(last sentence
                                        related to voluntary
                                        services).
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    The words ``District of Columbia government'' are added because of 
section 47-105 of the D.C. Code.


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-92 temporarily amended section by inserting ``All 
officers and employees of the United States Government or the District 
of Columbia government shall be deemed to be performing services 
relating to emergencies involving the safety of human life or the 
protection of property.'' after first sentence and by striking out at 
end ``As used in this section, the term `emergencies involving the 
safety of human life or the protection of property' does not include 
ongoing, regular functions of government the suspension of which would 
not imminently threaten the safety of human life or the protection of 
property''. See Effective and Termination Dates of 1996 Amendment note 
below.
    1990--Pub. L. 101-508 inserted at end ``As used in this section, the 
term `emergencies involving the safety of human life or the protection 
of property' does not include ongoing, regular functions of government 
the suspension of which would not imminently threaten the safety of 
human life or the protection of property.''


            Effective and Termination Dates of 1996 Amendment

    Section 310(a) of Pub. L. 104-92 provided that the amendment made by 
that section is for the period Dec. 15, 1995, through Jan. 26, 1996.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1349, 1350, 1351 of this 
title; title 2 section 60a-2; title 5 sections 568, 583, 595, 3102, 
3111, 3161, 5306; title 8 section 1357; title 10 sections 1588, 2166; 
title 15 sections 636, 2076, 2218; title 18 section 4204; title 19 
section 2171; title 20 sections 1402, 5933, 6104, 9252; title 22 
sections 277d-3, 1461b, 2124c, 2509, 5422; title 24 section 422; title 
25 section 2020; title 28 sections 677, 995; title 29 sections 783, 
2635, 2939; title 30 section 1807; title 33 section 1123; title 36 
sections 2113, 2501; title 40 section 851; title 42 sections 1314a, 
2204, 2204a, 2210, 2295, 2394, 3788, 4343, 5613, 7705c, 9844, 10248, 
12651g; title 44 section 2105; title 47 sections 154, 332; title 49 
section 106.
