106 STAT. 2552 PUBLIC LAW 102-484—OCT. 23, 1992 "(1) who have retired from active duty or been released from active duty irnder a voluntary separation program; and "(2) who possess technical skills relevant to the infrastructure needs of the independent states of the former Soviet Union (as identified by the Secretary of State pursuant to section 1803(a) of this title), including skills in areas such as civil engineering, electrical engineering, nuclear plant safety, environmental cleanup, logistics, communications, and health care. "(b) Volunteers may be selected from among individuals who were separated from active duty not more than two years before the date of the enactment of this chapter. "(c)(1) The Secretary of Defense may employ volunteers, by contract, to provide services that use their technical skills for the benefit of governmental or nonprofit nongovernmental entities in any of the independent states of the former Soviet Union. "(2) A person who is employed as a volunteer under paragraph (1) shall be considered to be an employee for the purposes of chapter 81 of title 5, relating to compensation for work-related injuries. Such a person who is not otherwise employed by the Federal Government shall not be considered to be a Federal employee for any other purpose by reason of such employment as a volunteer. "(d) Volimteers may be required to agree to serve in ein independent state of the former Soviet Union for a period of two years (in addition to such period of education and training provided under section 1803(c) of this title) except to the extent the Secretary of State determines otherwise. "(e) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe procedures for the selection of volunteers, including procedures for the submission of applications. "(f) The Secretary of Defense may maintain a registry of applicants who are qualified to be volimteers, including the skills of such applicants. §1803. Determining needs for volunteers; role of the Secretary of State "(a) The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, may identify the technical skills that could be provided by volimteers pursuant to this chapter and identify opportunities for the placement of volunteers with governmental or nongovernmental entities in each participating country. "(b) The Secretary of State shall approve the functions to be performed by each volunteer assigned pursuant to this chapter and the assignment of each volunteer to an independent state of the former Soviet Union. "(c) The Secretary of State may provide volunteers with language training, cultural orientation, and such other education and training as the Secretary determines appropriate. Any expenses incurred by the Secretary of State in carrying out this subsection shall be reimbursed by the Secretary of Defense from amounts currently available to the Secretary of Defense. "(d) Each volunteer shall serve under the authority of the United States chief of mission to the participating country and shall be considered to be a member of the United States mission to that country.
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