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5 U.S.C. § 3111

Acceptance of volunteer service

United States · Title 5 — GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES · Status: effective

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5 U.S.C. § 3111, Acceptance of volunteer service, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/426657
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Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, the head of an agency may accept, subject to regulations issued by the Office, voluntary service for the United States if the service— In addition to being considered a Federal employee for the purposes specified in paragraph (1), any student who provides voluntary service as part of a program established under subsection (b) of this section in the Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, shall be considered an employee of the Department of the Treasury for purposes of— In this section, the term “agency” includes the Congressional Budget Office, except that in the case of the Congressional Budget Office—

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.

  • Enacted byPub. L. 95-454(S. 2640)1978-10-13
    Civil Service Reform Act of 1978
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 97-258(H.R. 6128)1982-09-13
    A bill to revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to money and finance, as title 31, United States Code, "Money and Finance".
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 97-437(H.R. 6519)1983-01-08
    An act to amend title 5, United States Code, to allow student interns of the Internal Revenue Service to have access to certain information required by such students in the performance of their official duties.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 107-296(H.R. 5005)2002-11-25
    Homeland Security Act of 2002
    House: 295–132Senate: 90–9
  • Amended byPub. L. 107-347(H.R. 2458)2002-12-17
    E-Government Act of 2002
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 111-68(H.R. 2918)2009-10-01
    Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010
    House: 217–190Senate: 62–38
  • Amended byPub. L. 113-76(H.R. 3547)2014-01-17
    Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014
    House: 376–5Senate: no recorded tally