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5 U.S.C. § 8142 — Peace Corps volunteers

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5 U.S.C. § 8142 — Peace Corps volunteers

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**(a)** For the purpose of this section, “volunteer” means— (1) a volunteer enrolled in the Peace Corps under [section 2504 of title 22](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2504&num=0&edition=prelim); (2) a volunteer leader enrolled in the Peace Corps under [section 2505 of title 22](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2505&num=0&edition=prelim); and (3) an applicant for enrollment as a volunteer or volunteer leader during a period of training under [section 2507(a) of title 22](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2507/a&num=0&edition=prelim) 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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2505&num=0&edition=prelim), or a volunteer with one or more minor children as defined in [section 2504 of title 22](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2504&num=0&edition=prelim), 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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2507/a&num=0&edition=prelim) 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. **(d)** (1) The Secretary shall authorize the Director of the Peace Corps to furnish medical benefits to a volunteer, who is injured during the volunteer’s period of service, for a period of 120 days following the termination of such service if the Director certifies that the volunteer’s injury probably meets the requirements under subsection (c)(3). The Secretary may then certify vouchers for these expenses for such volunteer out of the Employees’ Compensation Fund. (2) The Secretary shall prescribe the form and content of the certification required under paragraph (1). (3) A certification under paragraph (1) will cease to be effective if the volunteer sustains compensable disability in connection with volunteer service. (4) Nothing in this subsection may be construed to authorize the furnishing of any medical benefit that the Secretary of Labor is not otherwise authorized to reimburse for former Peace Corps volunteers who receive treatment for injury or disease proximately caused by their service in the Peace Corps in accordance with this chapter.

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5 U.S.C. § 8101 — Definitions

For the purpose of this subchapter— (1) “employee” means— (A) a civil officer or employee in any branch of the Government of the United States, including an officer or employee of an instrumentality wholly owned by the United States; (B) an individual rendering personal service to the United States similar to the service of a civil officer or employee of the United States, without pay or for nominal pay, when a statute authorizes the acceptance or use of the service, or authorizes payment of travel or other expenses of the individual; (C) an individual, other than an independent contractor or an individual employed by an independent contractor, employed on the Menominee Indian Reservation in Wisconsin in operations conducted under a statute relating to tribal timber and logging operations on that reservation; (D) an individual employed by the government of the District of Columbia; (E) an individual appointed to a position on the office staff of a former President under section 1(b) of the Act of August 25, 1958 (72 Stat. 838); (F) an individual selected pursuant to chapter 121 of title 28, and serving as a petit or grand juror; and (G) an individual who is a System member of the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System during a period of appointment into Federal service pursuant to section 327 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; but does not include— (i) a commissioned officer of the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service; (ii) a commissioned officer of the Reserve Corps 11 See Change of Name note below. of the Public Health Service on active duty; (iii) a commissioned officer of the Environmental Science Services Administration; or (iv) a member of the Metropolitan Police or the Fire D

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22 U.S.C. § 2505 — Peace Corps volunteer leaders; number; applicability of chapter; benefits

The President may enroll in the Peace Corps qualified citizens or nationals of the United States whose services are required for supervisory or other special duties or responsibilities in connection with programs under this chapter (referred to in this chapter as “volunteer leaders”). The ratio of the total number of volunteer leaders to the total number of volunteers in service at any one time shall not exceed one to twenty-five. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all of the provisions of this chapter applicable to volunteers shall be applicable to volunteer leaders, and the term “volunteers” shall include “volunteer leaders”: Provided, however, That— (1) volunteer leaders shall be entitled to receive a readjustment allowance at a rate not less than $125 for each month of satisfactory service as determined by the President; (2) spouses and minor children of volunteer leaders may receive such living, travel, and leave allowances, and such housing, transportation, subsistence, and essential special items of clothing, as the President may determine, but the authority contained in this paragraph shall be exercised only under exceptional circumstances; (3) spouses and minor children of volunteer leaders accompanying them may receive such health care as the President may determine and upon such terms as he may determine, including health care in any facility referred to in [section 2504(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2504/e&num=0&edition=prelim), subject to such conditions as the President may prescribe and subject to reimbursement of appropriations as provided in [section 2504(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2504/e&num=0&edition=prelim);

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22 U.S.C. § 2504 — Peace Corps volunteers

**(a) Persons eligible; terms and conditions of service; Federal employee status; racial, sex, religious, or color discrimination** The President may enroll in the Peace Corps for service abroad qualified citizens and nationals of the United States (referred to in this chapter as “volunteers”). The terms and conditions of the enrollment, training (including training under [section 2507a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2507a&num=0&edition=prelim)), compensation, hours of work, benefits, leave, termination, and all other terms and conditions of the service of volunteers shall be exclusively those set forth in this chapter and those consistent therewith which the President may prescribe; and, except as provided in this chapter, volunteers shall not be deemed officers or employees or otherwise in the service or employment of, or holding office under, the United States for any purpose. In carrying out this subsection, there shall be no discrimination against any person on account of race, sex, creed, or color. **(b) Living allowances, travel, leave and related items; transfers of supplies and equipment** Volunteers shall be provided with such living, travel, and leave allowances, and such housing, transportation, supplies, equipment, subsistence, and clothing as the President may determine to be necessary for their maintenance and to insure their health and their capacity to serve effectively. Supplies or equipment provided volunteers to insure their capacity to serve effectively may be transferred to the government or to other entities of the country or area with which they have been serving, when no longer necessary for such purpose, and when such transfers would further the purposes of this chapter. Transportatio

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22 U.S.C. § 2501 — Congressional declaration of purpose

**(a)** The Congress of the United States declares that it is the policy of the United States and the purpose of this chapter to promote world peace and friendship through a Peace Corps, which shall make available to interested countries and areas men and women of the United States qualified for service abroad and willing to serve, under conditions of hardship if necessary, to help the peoples of such countries and areas in meeting their needs for trained manpower, particularly in meeting the basic needs of those living in the poorest areas of such countries, and to help promote a better understanding of the American people on the part of the peoples served and a better understanding of other peoples on the part of the American people. **(b)** The Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States and a purpose of the Peace Corps to maintain, to the maximum extent appropriate and consistent with programmatic and fiscal considerations, a volunteer corps of at least 10,000 individuals.

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5 U.S.C. § 8142 — Peace Corps volunteers

Page 955 TITLE 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES § 8142 (B) 20 percent for section 8133(a)(3) of this title for one child and 10 percent additional for each additional child, but not to exceed a total of 75 percent, if the member died fully or currently insured under subchapter II of chapter 7 of title 42; and (C) 25 percent for section 8133(a)(4) of this title, if one parent was wholly dependent on the deceased member at the time of his death and the other was not dependent to any extent; 16 percent to each, if both were wholly dependent; and if one was or both were partly dependent, a proportionate amount in the discretion of the Secretary of Labor; (3) a payment may not be made under sec- tion 8133(a)(5) of this title; (4) ‘‘performance of duty’’ means only active service, and travel to and from that service, rendered in performance or support of oper- ational missions of the Civil Air Patrol under direction of the Department of the Air Force and under written authorization by competent authority covering a specific assignment and prescribing a time limit for the assignment; and (5) the Secretary of Labor or his designee shall inform the Commissioner of Social Secu- rity when a claim is filed and eligibility for compensation is established under section 8133(a)(2) or (3) of this title, and the Commis- sioner of Social Security shall certify to the Secretary of Labor as to whether or not the member concerned was fully or currently in- sured under subchapter II of chapter 7 of title 42 at the time of his death. (c) The Secretary of Labor or his designee may inform the Secretary of the Air Force or his des- ignee when a claim is filed. The Secretary of the Air Force, on request of the Secretary of Labor, shall advise him of the fact

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