Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§569c Services of volunteers
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 569c
Summary
Army Chief of Engineers may accept volunteers and pay incidental expenses for Corps activities but not for policymaking or law enforcement. Volunteers are not federal employees except under chapter 171, title 28 and chapter 81, title 5.
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Title 33, §569c
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The United States Army Chief of Engineers may accept the services of volunteers and provide for their incidental expenses, including expenses relating to uniforms, transportation, lodging, and the subsistence of those volunteers, to carry out any activity of the Army Corps of Engineers except policy-making or law or regulatory enforcement. Such volunteers shall not be employees of the United States Government except for the purposes of (1) chapter 171 of title 28, relating to tort claims, and (2) chapter 81 of title 5, relating to compensation for work injuries.
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2014—Pub. L. 113–121, which directed amendment in the first sentence of chapter IV of title I of Public Law 98–63 (33 U.S.C. 569c) by inserting “, including expenses relating to uniforms, transportation, lodging, and the subsistence of those volunteers,” after “incidental expenses”, was executed by making the insertion in the first sentence of this section to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Services of Volunteers Pub. L. 118–272, div. A, title I, § 1112, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 3010, provided that: “(a) In General.—The Secretary [of the Army] may recognize a volunteer providing services under the heading ‘Department of Defense—Civil—Department of the Army—Corps of Engineers—Civil—General Provisions’ in chapter IV of title I of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1983 (33 U.S.C. 569c) through an award or other appropriate means, except that such award may not be in the form of a cash award. “(b) Process.—The Secretary shall establish a process to carry out subsection (a).”
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33 U.S.C. § 569c
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73