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43 U.S.C. § 1475b — Volunteer authority
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**(a) In general** The Secretary of the Interior may recruit, train, and accept, without regard to the civil service classification laws, rules, or regulations, the services of individuals, contributed without compensation as volunteers, for aiding in or facilitating the activities administered by the Secretary through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the United States Geological Survey, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the Office of the Secretary.
**(b) Restrictions on activities of volunteers**
(1) **In general** — In accepting such services of individuals as volunteers, the Secretary shall not permit the use of volunteers in law enforcement work, in regulatory and enforcement work, in policymaking processes, or to displace any employee.
(2) **Private property** — No volunteer services authorized by this Act may be conducted on private property unless the officer or employee charged with supervising the volunteer obtains appropriate consent to enter the property from the property owner.
(3) **Hazardous duty** — The Secretary may accept the services of individuals in hazardous duty only upon a determination by the Secretary that such individuals are skilled in performing hazardous duty activities.
(4) **Supervision** — The Secretary shall ensure that an appropriate officer or employee of the United States provides adequate and appropriate supervision of each volunteer whose services the Secretary accepts.
**(c) Provision of services and costs** The Secretary may provide for services and costs incidental to the utilization of volunteers, including transportation, supplies, uniforms, lodging, subsistence (without regard to place of residence), recruiting, training, supervision, and awards and recognition (including nominal cash awards).
**(d) Federal employment status
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**(a) In general** The Secretary of the Interior may recruit, train, and accept, without regard to the civil service classification laws, rules, or regulations, the services of individuals, contributed without compensation as volunteers, for aiding in or facilitating the activities administered by the Secretary through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the United States Geological Survey, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the Office of the Secretary.
**(b) Restrictions on activities of volunteers**
(1) **In general** — In accepting such services of individuals as volunteers, the Secretary shall not permit the use of volunteers in law enforcement work, in regulatory and enforcement work, in policymaking processes, or to displace any employee.
(2) **Private property** — No volunteer services authorized by this Act may be conducted on private property unless the officer or employee charged with supervising the volunteer obtains appropriate consent to enter the property from the property owner.
(3) **Hazardous duty** — The Secretary may accept the services of individuals in hazardous duty only upon a determination by the Secretary that such individuals are skilled in performing hazardous duty activities.
(4) **Supervision** — The Secretary shall ensure that an appropriate officer or employee of the United States provides adequate and appropriate supervision of each volunteer whose services the Secretary accepts.
**(c) Provision of services and costs** The Secretary may provide for services and costs incidental to the utilization of volunteers, including transportation, supplies, uniforms, lodging, subsistence (without regard to place of residence), recruiting, training, supervision, and awards and recognition (including nominal cash awards).
**(d) Federal employment status of volunteers**
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, 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 provisions relating to hours of work, rates of compensation, leave, unemployment compensation, and Federal employee benefits.
(2) Volunteers shall be deemed employees of the United States for the purposes of—
(A) the tort claims provisions of title 28;
(B) subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5; and
(C) claims relating to damage to, or loss of, personal property of a volunteer incident to volunteer service, in which case 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.
(3) Volunteers under this Act shall be subject to chapter 11 of title 18, unless the Secretary, with the concurrence of the Director of the Office of Government Ethics, determines in writing published in the Federal Register that the provisions of that chapter, except section 201, shall not apply to the actions of a class or classes of volunteers who carry out only those duties or functions specified in the determination.
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**(a)** In this section—
(1) “agency” does not include a nonappropriated fund activity or a contractor with the United States Government.
(2) “head of an agency” means—
(A) for a military department, the Secretary of the military department;
(B) for the Department of Defense (except the military departments), the Secretary of Defense; and
(C) for another agency, the head of the agency.
(3) “settle” means consider, determine, adjust, and dispose of a claim by disallowance or by complete or partial allowance.
**(b)**
(1) The head of an agency may settle and pay not more than $40,000 for a claim against the Government made by a member of the uniformed services under the jurisdiction of the agency or by an officer or employee of the agency for damage to, or loss of, personal property incident to service. If, however, the claim arose from an emergency evacuation or from extraordinary circumstances, the amount settled and paid under the authority of the preceding sentence may exceed $40,000, but may not exceed $100,000. A claim allowed under this subsection may be paid in money or the personal property replaced in kind.
(2) The Secretary of State may waive the settlement and payment limitation referred to in paragraph (1) for claims for damage or loss by United States Government personnel under the jurisdiction of a chief of mission in a foreign country if such claims arise in circumstances where there is in effect a departure from the country authorized or ordered under circumstances described in [section 5522(a) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5522/a&num=0&edition=prelim), if the Secretary determines that there exists exceptional circumstances that warrant such a waiver.
**(c)** On paying a claim under t
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There shall be at the seat of government an executive department to be known as the Department of the Interior, and a Secretary of the Interior, who shall be the head thereof.
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TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS
§ 1476a
§ 1475b. Volunteer authority
(a) In general
The Secretary of the Interior may recruit,
train, and accept, without regard to the civil
service classification laws, rules, or regulations,
the services of individuals, contributed without
compensation as volunteers, for aiding in or fa-
cilitating the activities administered by the
Secretary through the Bureau of Indian Affairs,
the United States Geological Survey, the Bu-
reau of Reclamation, and the Office of the Sec-
retary.
(b) Restrictions on activities of volunteers
(1) In general
In accepting such services of individuals as
volunteers, the Secretary shall not permit the
use of volunteers in law enforcement work, in
regulatory and enforcement work, in policy-
making processes, or to displace any em-
ployee.
(2) Private property
No volunteer services authorized by this Act
may be conducted on private property unless
the officer or employee charged with super-
vising the volunteer obtains appropriate con-
sent to enter the property from the property
owner.
(3) Hazardous duty
The Secretary may accept the services of in-
dividuals in hazardous duty only upon a deter-
mination by the Secretary that such individ-
uals are skilled in performing hazardous duty
activities.
(4) Supervision
The Secretary shall ensure that an appro-
priate officer or employee of the United States
provides adequate and appropriate supervision
of each volunteer whose services the Secretary
accepts.
(c) Provision of services and costs
The Secretary may provide for services and
costs incidental to the utilization of volunteers,
including transportation, supplies, uniforms,
lodging, subsistence (without regard to place of
residence), recruiting, training, supervision, and
awards
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