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16 U.S.C. § 558g — Liability insurance

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16 U.S.C. § 558g — Liability insurance

The Secretaries shall not require a cooperator or volunteer (as those terms are used in [section 558e of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section558e&num=0&edition=prelim)) to have liability insurance to provide the volunteer services authorized under this Act.

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16 U.S.C. § 558a — Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to leverage volunteer engagement to supplement projects that are carried out by the Secretaries to fulfill the missions of the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management and are accomplished with appropriated funds.

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16 U.S.C. § 558e — Consideration as Federal employee

**(a)** 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)** For the purpose of the tort claim provisions of title 28, a volunteer under this Act shall be considered a Federal employee. **(c)** For the purposes of subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, relating to compensation to Federal employees for work injuries, volunteers under this Act shall be deemed civil employees of the United States within the meaning of the term “employee” as defined in [section 8101 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8101&num=0&edition=prelim), and the provisions of that subchapter shall apply. **(d)** For the purposes of claims relating to damage to, or loss of, personal property of a volunteer incident to volunteer service, a volunteer under this Act shall be considered a Federal employee, and the provisions of [section 3721 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section3721&num=0&edition=prelim) shall apply. **(e)** For the purposes of subsections (b), (c), and (d), the term “volunteer” includes a person providing volunteer services to either of the Secretaries who— (1) is recruited, trained, and supported by a cooperator under a mutual benefit agreement or cooperative agreement with either of the Secretaries; and (2) performs such volunteer services under the supervision of the cooperator as directed by either of the Secretaries in the mutual benefit agreement or cooperative agreement in the mutual benefit agreement, including

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16 U.S.C. § 558g — Liability insurance

Page 1059 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 559 (b) For the purpose of the tort claim provi- sions of title 28, a volunteer under this Act shall be considered a Federal employee. (c) For the purposes of subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, relating to compensation to Federal employees for work injuries, volunteers under this Act 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) For the purposes of claims relating to dam- age to, or loss of, personal property of a volun- teer incident to volunteer service, a volunteer under this Act shall be considered a Federal em- ployee, and the provisions of section 3721 of title 31 shall apply. (e) For the purposes of subsections (b), (c), and (d), the term ‘‘volunteer’’ includes a person pro- viding volunteer services to either of the Secre- taries who— (1) is recruited, trained, and supported by a cooperator under a mutual benefit agreement or cooperative agreement with either of the Secretaries; and (2) performs such volunteer services under the supervision of the cooperator as directed by either of the Secretaries in the mutual ben- efit agreement or cooperative agreement in the mutual benefit agreement, including direc- tion that specifies— (A) the volunteer services, including the geographic boundaries of the work to be per- formed by the volunteers, and the super- vision to be provided by the cooperator; (B) the applicable project safety standards and protocols to be adhered to by the volun- teers and enforced by the cooperator; (C) the on-site visits to be made by either of the Secretaries, if feasible and only if nec- essary to verify that volunteers are per- forming

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