31 U.S.C. § 1342
Limitation on voluntary services
United States · Title 31 — MONEY AND FINANCE · Status: effective
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- 31 U.S.C. § 1342, Limitation on voluntary services, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/467544
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An officer or employee of the United States Government or of the District of Columbia government may not accept voluntary services for either government or employ personal services exceeding that authorized by law except for emergencies involving the safety of human life or the protection of property. This section does not apply to a corporation getting amounts to make loans (except paid in capital amounts) without legal liability of the United States Government. As used in this section, the term “emergencies involving the safety of human life or the protection of property” does not include ongoing, regular functions of government the suspension of which would not imminently threaten the safety of human life or the protection of property.
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.
- 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
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990
- To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of Bulgaria.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally