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Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§3056b Participants not Federal employees

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 35— - PROGRAMS FOR OLDER AMERICANS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IX— - COMMUNITY SERVICE SENIOR OPPORTUNITIES › § 3056b

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

People who take part in any project paid for under this subchapter are not federal employees just because they join. They are not covered by the rules in part III of title 5. Grants, subgrants, contracts, and subcontracts under this subchapter cannot be given to an organization that state law says is exempt from the state's workers’ compensation rules for employees, unless that organization agrees to provide workers’ compensation equal to the usual state coverage. The organization must do that by buying insurance from a recognized carrier or by self‑insuring if state law allows.

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Title 42, §3056b

The Public Health and Welfare — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Eligible individuals who are participants in any project funded under this subchapter shall not be considered to be Federal employees as a result of such participation and shall not be subject to part III of title 5.
(b)No grant or subgrant shall be made and no contract or subcontract shall be entered into under this subchapter with an entity who is, or whose employees are, under State law, exempted from operation of the State workers’ compensation law, generally applicable to employees, unless the entity shall undertake to provide either through insurance by a recognized carrier or by self-insurance, as authorized by State law, that the persons employed under the grant, subgrant, contract, or subcontract shall enjoy workers’ compensation coverage equal to that provided by law for covered employment.

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 3056b, Pub. L. 89–73, title V, § 504, as added Pub. L. 106–501, title V, § 501, Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2276, related to participants not having status as Federal employees and contractual requirement of workmen’s compensation, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 109–365. Another prior section 3056b, Pub. L. 89–73, title V, § 504, formerly title IX, § 904, as added Pub. L. 94–135, title I, § 113(a), Nov. 28, 1975, 89 Stat. 723; renumbered title V, § 504, and amended Pub. L. 95–478, title I, § 105(a), title V, § 503(d), Oct. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 1547, 1559, related to participants not having status as Federal employees and contractual requirement of workmen’s compensation, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 106–501. Another prior section 504 of Pub. L. 89–73 was classified to section 3041c of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 95–478.

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42 U.S.C. § 3056b

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73