H.R. 584 · 109th Congress
Department of the Interior Volunteer Recruitment Act of 2005
Law · 109-125 · Dec 7, 2005Key: what the circles and colors mean
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- House Introduced Feb 2, 2005
- House Passed Mar 14, 2005
- Senate Passed Nov 16, 2005
- President To the President Nov 28, 2005
- President Signed Dec 7, 2005
- Law Dec 7, 2005
Department of the Interior Volunteer Recruitment Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to 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…
What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Dec 7, 2005
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.)
Department of the Interior Volunteer Recruitment Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to 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 U.S. Geological Survey, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the Office of the Secretary.
Prohibits: (1) the Secretary, in accepting such services of individuals as volunteers, from permitting the use of such volunteers in law enforcement work, in regulatory and enforcement work, in policy-making processes, or to displace any employee; and (2) volunteer services authorized by this Act from being 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. Authorizes the Secretary to accept the services of individuals in hazardous duty only upon a determination by the Secretary that such individuals are skilled in performing hazardous activities. Directs the Secretary to ensure that an appropriate US officer or employee provides adequate and appropriate supervision of each volunteer whose services the Secretary accepts.
Authorizes the Secretary to provide for services and costs incidental to the utilization of volunteers. Provides that a volunteer shall neither be deemed a federal employee nor subject to federal employment law, including those provisions relating to hours of work, rates of compensation, leave, unemployment compensation, and federal employee benefits. Subjects volunteers to criminal law provisions concerning bribery, graft, and conflicts of interest, except under certain conditions.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Department of the Interior Volunteer Recruitment Act of 2005
Latest action (Dec 7, 2005): Became Public Law No: 109-125.
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 2, 2005
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
- House Introduced Feb 2, 2005
- House Passed Mar 14, 2005
- Senate Passed Nov 16, 2005
- President To the President Nov 28, 2005
- President Signed Dec 7, 2005
- Law Dec 7, 2005
No recorded floor vote found.