VOLUNTEER COMPENSATION FOR LOSSES AND DAMAGES.

SEC. 204. VOLUNTEER COMPENSATION FOR LOSSES AND DAMAGES. (a) National Forests.— Section 3 of the Volunteers in the National Forests Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558c) is amended by adding the following new subsection: “(d) For the purposes of claims relating to damage to, or loss of, personal property of a volunteer incident to volunteer service, a volunteer under this Act shall be considered a Federal employee, and the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3721 shall apply.”. (b) National Parks.— Section 3 of the Volunteers in the Parks Act of 1969 (16 U.S.C. 18i) is amended by adding the following new subsection: “(d) For the purpose of claims relating to damage to, or loss of, personal property of a volunteer incident to volunteer service, a volunteer under this Act shall be considered a Federal employee, and the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3721 shall apply.”. (c) Bureau of Land Management.— Section 307(f) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1737(f)) is amended to read as follows:104 STAT. 176 “(f) Volunteers shall not be deemed employees of the United States except for the purposes of— “(1) the tort claims provisions of title 28; “(2) subchapter 1 of chapter 81 of title 5; and “(3) claims relating to damage to, or loss of, personal property of a volunteer incident to volunteer service, in which case the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3721 shall apply.”.