[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 685 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 685

   To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the use of 
    volunteers for Federal Bureau of Investigation tours and at the 
         Bureau's training facilities, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 25, 1995

  Mr. Wilson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the use of 
    volunteers for Federal Bureau of Investigation tours and at the 
         Bureau's training facilities, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``F.B.I. Volunteer Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. USE OF VOLUNTEERS BY FBI.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 33 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 540A. Use of volunteers
    ``(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Director of 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation is authorized--
            ``(1) to solicit, accept, hold, maintain, utilize, and 
        administer personal property (which may not include cash 
        assistance)--
                    ``(A) obtained by gift, bequest, devise, or 
                otherwise for use at Federal Bureau of Investigation 
                tour facilities and at those facilities which have as a 
                principal purpose the training of State and local law 
                enforcement personnel; and
                    ``(B) acquired in the name of the United States;
            ``(2) to recruit, train, and accept the services of 
        individuals or entities, without compensation, as volunteers 
        for or in aid of Federal Bureau of Investigation tour 
        operations and training facilities; and
            ``(3) to provide for incidental expenses incurred from such 
        gifts or volunteers.
    ``(b)(1) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, a 
volunteer under subsection (a) shall not be deemed a Federal employee 
and shall not be subject to provisions of law relating to Federal 
employment, including those provisions relating to hours of work, rates 
of compensation, leave, unemployment compensation, and Federal employee 
benefits.
    ``(2) For purposes of chapter 171 of this title (commonly referred 
to as the `Federal Tort Claims Act'), a volunteer under this subsection 
shall be considered an employee of the Government (as defined in 
section 2671 of this title).
    ``(3) For purposes of subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, 
relating to compensation to Federal employees for work injuries, a 
volunteer under this subsection shall be considered an employee (as 
defined in section 8101 of title 5).''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 33 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item:

``540A. Use of volunteers.''.
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