42 USC § 1856c - Service in line of duty

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s1856c"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 1856c - Service in line of duty"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "1856c"
section_name: "Service in line of duty"
chapter_number: 15
chapter_name: "RECIPROCAL FIRE PROTECTION AGREEMENTS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "PROTECTION OF UNITED STATES PROPERTY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(May 27, 1955, ch. 105, § 4, 69 Stat. 67.)"
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# § 1856c. Service in line of duty

section 1856b of this title

Any service performed under section 1856a or , by any officer or employee of the United States or any member of any armed force of the United States shall constitute service rendered in line of duty in such office, employment, or force. The performance of such service by any other individual shall not constitute such individual an officer or employee of the United States for the purposes of subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5.

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**Source Credit**: (May 27, 1955, ch. 105, § 4, 69 Stat. 67.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

“Subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5” substituted for “the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, as amended” on authority of , , , the first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.