33 USC § 1965 - Volunteer status

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s1965"
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title: "33 USC § 1965 - Volunteer status"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "1965"
section_name: "Volunteer status"
chapter_number: 33
chapter_name: "MARINE DEBRIS RESEARCH, PREVENTION, AND REDUCTION"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "MARINE DEBRIS FOUNDATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(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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# 1 Volunteer status

See References in Text note below.

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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.

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**Source Credit**: (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.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This title, referred to in text, means title I of , , , which was classified principally to subchapter I (§ 4211 et seq.) of chapter 55 of this title. Subtitles B and C of title I of  were transferred to subtitles B and C of  by , §§ 3(a), 4(a), , , 1989, and are classified to this subchapter and subchapter III of this chapter, respectively. Subtitle A of title I of  amended sections 1951, 1958, and 1959 of this title, and subtitle D of title I of  is classified to part C (§ 4251) of subchapter I of chapter 55 of this title.

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to  prior to renumbering by .