Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 2.djvu/500

 92 STAT. 1780

PUBLIC LAW 95-510—OCT. 24, 1978

Public Law 95-510 95th Congress An Act Oct. 24, 1978 [H.R. 13418]

Small Business Act, amendment. Volunteer programs, establishment and operation.

5 USC 8101 et seq.

Volunteer reimbursement.

To amend the Small Business Act by transferring thereto those provisions of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 affecting the operation of volunteer

programs to assist small business, to increase the maximum allowable compensation and travel expenses for experts and consultants, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the SeTiate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SEC. 101. Section 8(b)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)) is amended by striking subparagraph (1)(B) and inserting in lieu thereof the following subparagraphs: "(B) To establish, conduct, and publicize, and to recruit, select, and train volunteers for (and to enter into contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements therefor), volunteer programs, including a Service Corps of Eetired Executives (SCORE) and an Active Corps of Executive (ACE) for the purposes of section 8(b) (1)(A) of this Act; and to facilitate the implementation of such volunteer programs the Administration may maintain at its headquarters and pay the expenses of a team of volunteers subject to such conditions and limitations as the Administration deems appropriate: Provided, That any such payments made pursuant to this subparagraph shall be effective only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts. "(C) To allow any individual or group of persons participating with it in furtherance of the purposes of subparagraphs (A) and (B) to use the Administration's office facilities and related material and services as the Administration deems appropriate, including clerical and stenographic services: "(i) such volunteers, while carrying out activities under section 8(b)(1) of this Act shall be deemed Federal employees for the purposes of the Federal tort claims provisions in title 28, United States Code; and for the purposes of subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code (relative to compensation to Federal employees for work injuries) 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 the provisions of that subchapter shall apply except that in computing compensation benefits for disability or death, the monthly pay of a volunteer shall be deemed that received under the entrance salary for a grade GS-11 employee; " (ii) the Administrator is authorized to reimburse such volunteers for all necessary out-of-pocket expenses incident to their provision of services under this Act, or in connection with attendance at meetings sponsored by the Administration, or for the cost of malpractice insurance, as the Administrator shall determine, in accordance ^ith regulations which

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