§3056b. Participants without status of Federal employees; contractual requirement of workmen's compensation

(a) Eligible individuals who are employed in any project funded under this subchapter shall not be considered to be Federal employees as a result of such employment and shall not be subject to the provisions of part III of title 5.

(b) No contract shall be entered into under this subchapter with a contractor who is, or whose employees are, under State law, exempted from operation of the State workmen's compensation law, generally applicable to employees, unless the contractor shall undertake to provide either through insurance by a recognized carrier, or by self-insurance, as authorized by State law, that the persons employed under the contract shall enjoy workmen's compensation coverage equal to that provided by law for covered employment.

(Pub. L. 89–73, title V, §504, formerly title IX, §904, as added Pub. L. 94–135, title I, §113(a), Nov. 28, 1975, 89 Stat. 723 ; renumbered title V, §504, and amended Pub. L. 95–478, title I, §105(a), title V, §503(d), Oct. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 1547 , 1559.)

Prior Provisions

A prior section 504 of Pub. L. 89–73, title V, as added Pub. L. 93–29, title V, §501, May 3, 1973, 87 Stat. 51 , provided for recapture of payments and was classified to section 3041c of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 95–478, title V, §501(a), Oct. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 1558 .

Amendments

1978-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–478 struck out comma before "shall enjoy".