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§ 3904.
Members of the Auxiliary; status
(a)
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary shall not be considered to be a Federal employee and shall not be subject to the provisions of law relating to Federal employment, including those relating to hours of work, rates of compensation, leave, unemployment compensation, Federal employee benefits, ethics, conflicts of interest, and other similar criminal or civil statutes and regulations governing the conduct of Federal employees. However, nothing in this subsection shall constrain the Commandant from prescribing standards for the conduct and behavior of members of the Auxiliary.
(c)
A member of the Auxiliary, while assigned to duty, shall be deemed to be a person acting under an officer of the United States or an agency thereof for purposes of section 1442(a)(1) of title 28.
(Added Pub. L. 104–324, title IV, § 403(a), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3923, § 823a; amended Pub. L. 107–295, title IV, § 415, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2121; Pub. L. 109–304, § 17(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1707; Pub. L. 114–120, title II, § 209(15), Feb. 8, 2016, 130 Stat. 41; Pub. L. 115–232, div. C, title XXXV, § 3533(i), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2321; renumbered § 3904, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 119(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4236.)
cite as: 14 USC 3904