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Code · U.S. Code · Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS · CHAPTER 33A— MARINE DEBRIS RESEARCH, PREVENTION, AND REDUCTION · SUBCHAPTER II— MARINE DEBRIS FOUNDATION · § 1965

§ 1965. Volunteer status

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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 Commerce, as volunteers in the performance of the functions authorized in this title.1
(Pub. L. 109–449, § 115, formerly Pub. L. 116–224, title I, § 115, Dec. 18, 2020, 134 Stat. 1079; renumbered Pub. L. 109–449, § 115, by Pub. L. 119–65, § 3(a), Dec. 26, 2025, 139 Stat. 1987.)
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