Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 1.djvu/1199

 PUBLIC LAW 95-454—OCT. 13, 1978

92 STAT. 1145

between school years if the interim is not more than 5 months and if such individual shows to the satisfaction of the Office of Personnel Management that the individual has a bona fide intention of continuing to pursue a course of study or t r a i n i n g in the same or different educational institution during the school semester (or other period into which the school year is divided) immediatelv after the interim. " (b) Notwithstanding section 3679(b) of fhe Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 6 6 5 (b)), the head of an agency may accept, subject to regulations issued by the Office, voluntary service for the United States if the service— " (1) is performed by a student, with the permission of the institution at which the student is enrolled, as part of an agency program established for the purpose of providing educational experiences for the student; " (2) is to be uncompensated; and " (3) will not be used to displace any employee. " (c) Any student who provides voluntary service under subsection (b) of this section shall not be considered a Federal employee for any purpose other than for purposes of chapter 81 of this title (relating to 5 USC 8101 compensation for injury) and sections 2671 through 2680 of title 28 et seq. (relating to to r t claims).". (b) The analysis of chapter 31 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new item: "3111. Acceptance of volunteer service.". INTERPRETING ASSISTANTS FOR DEAF EMPLOYEES

SEC. 302. (a) Section 3102 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraph (4) of subsection (a) as paragraph (5), by striking out " and " at the end of paragraph (3), and inserting after paragraph f3) the following new paragraph " (4) 'deaf employee' means an individual employed by an agency who, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the head of the agency, establishes to the satisfaction of the appropriate authority of the agency concerned that the employee has a hearing impairment, either permanent or temporary, so severe or disabling that the employment of an interpreting assistant or assistants for the employee is necessary or desirable to enable such employee to perform the work of the employee; and "; (2) in subsection (b), by inserting "and interpreting assistant or assistants for a deaf employee" after "or assistants for a blind employee", and amending the last sentence to read as follows: " A reading assistant or an interpreting assistant, other than the one employed or assigned under subsection (d) of this section, may receive pay for services performed by the assistant by and from the blind or deaf employee or a nonprofit organization, without I'egard to section 209 of title 18."; (3) in subsection (c), by inserting "or deaf" after "blind"; and (4) by inserting at the end thereof the following new subsection: " (d) The head of each agency may also employ or assign, subject to section 209 of title 18 and to the provisions of this title governing appointment and chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of this title governing classification and pay, such reading assistants for blind employees and such interpreting assistants for deaf employees as may be necessary to enable such employees to perform their work.".

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