3.0.0 305 2022-02-03T05:27:38Z 2022-02-03T05:27:38Z Senate S S 2005-02-07 109 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing sseg03 Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Hearings by 2005-03-08T16:44:16Z Referred to 2005-02-07T22:59:30Z Department of the Interior Volunteer Recruitment Act of 2005 109 584 HR 2005-12-07 Became Public Law No: 109-125. Related bill CRS 2005-03-08 sseg03 Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-19. Committee 2005-02-07 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2005-02-07 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1056) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-02-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000858 Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] LARRY CRAIG R ID EDWIN N H.R.584 https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/584 Public Lands and Natural Resources Agriculture and Food Department of the Interior Employee selection Federal employees Federal-Indian relations Geology Government Operations and Politics Indian lands Irrigation Minorities Native Americans Recruiting of employees Social Welfare Surveying Volunteer workers Water Resources Development Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2005-02-07 Introduced in Senate 2005-03-11T19:11:36Z 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 laws, the services of individuals, contributed without compensation as volunteers, to assist with or facilitate 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 the services of volunteers, from permitting the use of volunteers in law enforcement, 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 from the property owner appropriate consent to enter the property. Authorizes the Secretary to accept the services of a volunteer in hazardous duty only if the Secretary determines that the volunteer is skilled in performing hazardous activities. Directs the Secretary to ensure that an appropriate U.S. officer or employee provides adequate and appropriate supervision of each individual that volunteers under this Act.

Authorizes the Secretary to provide for services and costs incidental to the use of volunteers under this Act.

]]> Department of the Interior Volunteer Recruitment Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Department of the Interior Volunteer Recruitment Act of 2005 Display Title Department of the Interior Volunteer Recruitment Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to recruit volunteers to assist with or facilitate the activities of various agencies and offices of the Department of the Interior. Introduced in Senate 2005-02-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s305is/xml/BILLS-109s305is.xml 2005-03-08 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-19. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.