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§ 12655n. Federal and State employee status
(a) In general
(b) Non-Federal employees
(1) In general
(2) Work-related injury
For purposes of subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, relating to the compensation of Federal employees for work injuries, a participant or crew leader serving in a program that receives assistance under this division shall be considered an employee of the United States within the meaning of the term “employee” as defined in section 8101 of title 5 and the provision 1
1 So in original. Probably should be “provisions”.
of that subchapter shall apply, except—
(A) the term “performance of duty”, as used in such subchapter, shall not include an act of a participant or crew leader while absent from the assigned post of duty of such participant or crew leader, except while participating in an activity authorized by or under the direction and supervision of a program agency (including an activity while on pass or during travel to or from such post of duty); and
(B) compensation for disability shall not begin to accrue until the day following the date that the employment of the injured participant or crew leader is terminated.
(3) Tort claims procedure
(4) Allowance for quarters
(c) Availability of appropriation
(Pub. L. 101–610, title I, § 199M, formerly § 135, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3149; renumbered § 199O, renumbered § 199M, Pub. L. 103–82, title I, § 101(a), (e)(8)(B), Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 788, 816, as amended Pub. L. 103–304, § 3(b)(1), Aug. 23, 1994, 108 Stat. 1567.)