5 USC 3704 – Assignment of employees from private sector organizations
(a)
Terms Used In 5 USC 3704
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
(b)
(1) may continue to receive pay and benefits from the private sector organization from which he is assigned;
(2) is deemed, notwithstanding subsection (a), to be an employee of the agency for the purposes of—
(A) chapter 73;
(B) sections 201, 203, 205, 207, 208, 209, 603, 606, 607, 643, 654, 1905, and 1913 of title 18;
(C) sections 1343, 1344, and 1349(b) of title 31;
(D) the Federal Tort Claims Act and any other Federal tort liability statute;
(E) chapter 131 of this title;
(F) section 1043 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and
(G) chapter 21 of title 41;
(3) may not have access to any trade secrets or to any other nonpublic information which is of commercial value to the private sector organization from which he is assigned; and
(4) is subject to such regulations as the President may prescribe.
The supervision of an employee of a private sector organization assigned to an agency under this chapter may be governed by agreement between the agency and the private sector organization concerned. Such an assignment may be made with or without reimbursement by the agency for the pay, or a part thereof, of the employee during the period of assignment, or for any contribution of the private sector organization to employee benefit systems.
(c)
(d)