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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§3056b Participants Not Federal Employees

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

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

People who work on projects paid for under this part are not federal employees just because they take part. They are not covered by part III of title 5. Grants, subgrants, contracts, or subcontracts may not be made to an entity (or its employees) that is exempt from state workers’ compensation law unless the entity agrees to give workers’ compensation to the people working under the award. The entity must provide that coverage either by buying insurance from a recognized carrier or by self‑insuring if state law allows, and the coverage must match what state law requires for covered employees.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §3056b

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

(a)Inapplicability of certain provisions covering Federal employees
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)Workers’ compensation
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

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110