5 USC § 3111a - Federal internship programs

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title: "5 USC § 3111a - Federal internship programs"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "3111a"
section_name: "Federal internship programs"
chapter_number: 31
chapter_name: "AUTHORITY FOR EMPLOYMENT"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "EMPLOYMENT AUTHORITIES"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EMPLOYEES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title XI, § 1109(a), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1614.)"
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# § 3111a. Federal internship programs

**(a)** **Internship Coordinator.—** The head of each agency operating an internship program shall appoint an individual within such agency to serve as an internship coordinator.

**(b)** **Online Information.—**

**(1)** **Agencies.—** The Office of Personnel Management shall make publicly available on the Internet—

**(A)** the name and contact information of the internship coordinator for each agency; and

**(B)** information regarding application procedures and deadlines for each internship program.

**(2)** **Office of personnel management.—** The Office of Personnel Management shall make publicly available on the Internet links to the websites where the information described in paragraph (1) is displayed.

**(c)** **Definitions.—** For purposes of this section—

**(1)** the term “internship program” means—

**(A)** a volunteer service program under section 3111(b);

**(B)** an internship program established under Executive Order 13562, dated December 27, 2010 (75 Federal Register 82585);

**(C)** a program operated by a nongovernment organization for the purpose of providing paid internships in agencies under a written agreement that is similar to an internship program established under Executive Order 13562, dated December 27, 2010 (75 Federal Register 82585); or

**(D)** a program that—

**(i)** is similar to an internship program established under Executive Order 13562, dated December 27, 2010 (75 Federal Register 82585); and

**(ii)** is authorized under another statutory provision of law;

**(2)** the term “intern” means an individual participating in an internship program; and

**(3)** the term “agency” means an Executive agency.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title XI, § 1109(a), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1614.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Executive Order 13562, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), is set out as a note under .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Regulations

> “The Office of Personnel Management may prescribe regulations to carry out the amendment made by subsection (a) [enacting this section].”

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