42 U.S.C. § 5059
Legal expenses
United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
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- 42 U.S.C. § 5059, Legal expenses, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/480139
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law and pursuant to regulations which the Director shall prescribe, counsel may be employed and counsel fees, court costs, bail, and other expenses incidental to the defense of volunteers may be paid in judicial or administrative proceedings to which full-time volunteers (or part-time volunteers when such proceeding arises directly out of the performance of activities pursuant to this chapter) serving under this chapter have been made parties.
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.
- Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Domestic Volunteer Service Act Amendments of 1984House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Domestic Volunteer Service Act Amendments of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally