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 91 STAT. 630

Work injuries compensation.

5 USC 8101.

Tort claims.

28 USC 2671.

Quarters allowances.

Wages, hours, and working conditions.

29 USC 206.

PUBLIC LAW 95-93—AUG. 5, 1977 ment including those regarding hours of work, rates of compensation, leave, unemployment compensation, and Federal employee benefits: "(1) For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (26 U.S.C. 1 et seq.) and title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), Corps members shall be deemed employees of the United States and any service performed by a person as a Corps member shall be deemed to be performed in the employ of the United States. "(2) For purposes of subchapter 1 of chapter 81 of title 5 of the United States Code, relating to compensation to Federal employees for work injuries. Corps members shall be deemed civil employees of the United States within the meaning of the term 'employee' as defined in section 8101 of title 5, United States Code, and provisions of that subchapter shall apply, except that the term 'performance of duty' shall not include any act of a Corps member while absent from the member's assigned post of duty, except while participating in an activity (including an activity while on pass or during travel to or from such post of duty) authorized by or under the direction and supervision of the Secretary. "(3) For purposes of chapter 171 of title 28 of the United States Code, relating to tort claims procedure. Corps members shall be deemed civil employees of the United States within the meaning of the term 'employee of the Government' as defined in section 2671 of title 28, United States Code, and provisions of that chapter shall apply. "(4) For purposes of section 5911 of title 5 of the United States Code, relating to allowances for quarters. Corps members shall be deemed civil employees of the United States within the meaning of the term 'employee' as defined in that section, and provisions of that section shall apply. "(b) The Secretary of Labor shall, in consultation with the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture, establish standards for— "(1) rates of pay which shall be at least at the wage required by section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended; " (2) reasonable hours and conditions of employment; and " (3) safe and healthful working and living conditions. "STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS

Grants. 29 USC 993e.

Grant applications.

806. (a) Consistent with interagency agreements with the Secretary of Labor, the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture may make grants or enter into other agreements— "(1) after consultation with the Governor, with any State agency or institution; "(2) after consultation with appropriate State and local officials, with (A) any unit of general local government, or (B)(i) any public agency or organization, or (ii) any private nonprofit agency or organization which has been in existence for at least two years; for the conduct under this title of any State or local component of the Corps or of any project on non-Federal public lands or waters or any project involving work on both non-Federal and Federal lands and waters. "(b) No grant or other agreement may be entered into under this section unless an application is submitted to the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, as the case may be, at such time as each such Secretary may prescribe. Each grant application ''SEC.

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