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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "7 U.S.C. § 2272"
+description: "Volunteers for Department of Agriculture programs"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 7
+title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
+chapter_number: "55"
+chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
+section: "2272"
+citation: "7 U.S.C. § 2272"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
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+---
+
+# 7 U.S.C. § 2272 - Volunteers for Department of Agriculture programs
+
+## Text
+
+(a) Establishment of program The Secretary of Agriculture (hereafter referred to in this section as the “Secretary”) may establish a program to use volunteers in carrying out the programs of the Department of Agriculture.
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+(b) Acceptance of personnel The Secretary may accept, subject to regulations issued by the Office of Personnel Management, voluntary service for the Department of Agriculture for such purpose if the service:
+
+(1) is to be without compensation; and
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+(2) will not be used to displace any employee of the Department of Agriculture including the local, county, and State committees established under section 590h(b) of title 16.
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+(c) Federal employee status Any individual who provides voluntary service under this section shall not be considered a Federal employee, except for purposes of chapter 81 of title 5 (relating to compensation for injury), and sections 2671 through 2680 of title 28 (relating to tort claims).
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+(Pub. L. 97–98, title XV, § 1526, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1337.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Effective DateSection effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 of Pub. L. 97–98, set out as a note under section 4301 of this title.
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+Authorization of AppropriationsPub. L. 97–98, title XV, § 1527, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1337, provided that: “There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this subtitle [subtitle G (§§ 1526, 1527) of title XV of Pub. L. 97–98, enacting this section and this note], such sums to remain available until expended.”