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type: "LegalText"
title: "16 U.S.C. § 3705"
description: "Volunteer status"
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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"
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---
# 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. 98244, § 6, Mar. 26, 1984, 98 Stat. 109; Pub. L. 106408, title II, § 203(c)(2), Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1779.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Amendments2000—Pub. L. 106408 substituted “Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce” for “Secretary” and inserted “or the Department of Commerce” after “Department of the Interior”.