Legal corpus: the complete U.S. Code (59,740 sections, all 53 titles)

Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code
now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

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legal/us/code/title-16/chapter-57/section-3705.md

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+---
+type: "LegalText"
+title: "16 U.S.C. § 3705"
+description: "Volunteer status"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 16
+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
+chapter_number: "57"
+chapter_name: "NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION"
+section: "3705"
+citation: "16 U.S.C. § 3705"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc16@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s3705"
+source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-16/usc16.xml"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 3705 - Volunteer status
+
+## Text
+
+The Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce may accept, without regard to the civil service classification laws, rules, or regulations, the services of the Foundation, the Board, and the officers and employees of the Board, without compensation from the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as volunteers in the performance of the functions authorized herein, in the manner provided for under section 742f(c) of this title.
+
+(Pub. L. 98–244, § 6, Mar. 26, 1984, 98 Stat. 109; Pub. L. 106–408, title II, § 203(c)(2), Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1779.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments2000—Pub. L. 106–408 substituted “Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce” for “Secretary” and inserted “or the Department of Commerce” after “Department of the Interior”.