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[CITE: 5USC8142]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                   Subpart G--Insurance and Annuities
 
               CHAPTER 81--COMPENSATION FOR WORK INJURIES
 
                         SUBCHAPTER I--GENERALLY
 
Sec. 8142. Peace Corps volunteers

    (a) For the purpose of this section, ``volunteer'' means--
        (1) a volunteer enrolled in the Peace Corps under section 2504 
    of title 22;
        (2) a volunteer leader enrolled in the Peace Corps under section 
    2505 of title 22; and
        (3) an applicant for enrollment as a volunteer or volunteer 
    leader during a period of training under section 2507(a) of title 22 
    before enrollment.

    (b) Subject to the provisions of this section, this subchapter 
applies to a volunteer, except that entitlement to disability 
compensation payments does not commence until the day after the date of 
termination of his service as a volunteer.
    (c) For the purpose of this subchapter--
        (1) a volunteer is deemed receiving monthly pay at the minimum 
    rate for GS-7;
        (2) a volunteer leader referred to by section 2505 of title 22, 
    or a volunteer with one or more minor children as defined in section 
    2504 of title 22, is deemed receiving monthly pay at the minimum 
    rate for GS-11;
        (3) an injury suffered by a volunteer when he is outside the 
    several States and the District of Columbia is deemed proximately 
    caused by his employment, unless the injury or disease is--
            (A) caused by willful misconduct of the volunteer;
            (B) caused by the volunteer's intention to bring about the 
        injury or death of himself or of another; or
            (C) proximately caused by the intoxication of the injured 
        volunteer; and

        (4) the period of service of an individual as a volunteer 
    includes--
            (A) any period of training under section 2507(a) of title 22 
        before enrollment as a volunteer; and
            (B) the period between enrollment as a volunteer and the 
        termination of service as a volunteer by the President or by 
        death or resignation.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 552; Pub. L. 90-83, Sec. 1(64), 
Sept. 11, 1967, 81 Stat. 212; Pub. L. 93-416, Sec. 23(b), Sept. 7, 1974, 
88 Stat. 1150.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
                                1966 Act
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                                                    Revised Statutes and
     Derivation                U.S. Code             Statutes at Large
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                     22 U.S.C. 2504(d).            Sept. 22, 1961, Pub.
                                                    L. 87-293, Sec.
                                                    5(d), 75 Stat. 613.
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    Subsection (a) is based on sections 2504(a), 2505, and 2507(a) of 
title 22.
    In subsection (b), the words ``Subject to the provisions of this 
section'' are added for clarity and to conform to the style of sections 
8140 and 8141. The words ``of the United States Government'' are omitted 
as unnecessary in view of the definition of ``employee'' in section 
8101(1).
    In subsection (c), the words ``outside the several States, 
territories and possessions of the United States, and the District of 
Columbia'' are substituted for ``abroad'' on authority of section 
2522(a), (b) of title 22. References to ``the general schedule 
established by the Classification Act of 1949, as amended'' are omitted 
as unnecessary.
    Subsection (c)(4) is added on authority of section 2522(e) of title 
22.
    Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable 
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

                            1967 Act

    Section 8142 of title 5 was derived from section 2504(d) of title 
22. This amendment reflects changes, effected by the act of Sept. 13, 
1966, Public Law 89-572, section 4, 80 Stat. 765, in the definitions 
applicable to section 2504(d) by virtue of section 2522(a), (b) of title 
22.


                               Amendments

    1974--Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 93-416 inserted provision relating to 
a volunteer with one or more minor children.


                    Effective Date of 1974 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 93-416 effective on Sept. 7, 1974, and 
applicable to any injury or death occurring on or after such effective 
date, see section 23(a) of Pub. L. 93-416, set out as a note under 
section 8101 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 5732 of this title.
