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The Act To provide for temporarily increasing the military establishment of the United States in time of war, and for other purposes of April 22, 1898, provided for a presidential call for two-year volunteers, with quotas apportioned among the States according to population, and that militia units volunteering as a body had to be accepted as ...
The federal Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 (the VPA or the Act) [1] aims to promote volunteerism by limiting, and in many cases completely eliminating, a volunteer's risk of tort liability when acting for nonprofit organizations or government entities. No volunteer of a nonprofit organization or governmental entity shall be liable for harm ...
Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act: 1971 Uniform Division of Income for Tax Purposes Act: 1957 Uniform Dormant Mineral Interests Act: 1986 Uniform Durable Power of Attorney Act: 1979, 1987 Uniform Electronic Transactions Act: 1999 Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act (UEVHPA) [1] 2006
The Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act (H.R. 33, Pub. L. 114–3 (text)) is a bill that amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude volunteer hours of volunteer firefighters and emergency medical personnel from counting towards the calculation of the number of a firm’s full-time employees for purposes of certain provisions of the Affordable Care Act. [1]
An act entitled The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, an Act to reauthorize and reform the national service laws. Enacted by: the 111th United States Congress: Effective: April 21, 2009: Codification; Acts amended: National and Community Service Act of 1990, Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, Inspector General Act of 1978: Titles ...
ACTION was a United States government agency described as "the federal domestic volunteer agency". [1] It was formed July 1, 1971, [2] during President Richard Nixon's first term under the provisions of Reorganization Plan Number One, and Executive Order 11603, June 30, 1971, to provide centralized coordination and administration of Government-sponsored domestic and international volunteer ...
Apr. 15—Volunteers are the lifeblood of many Hawaii nonprofits, and volunteering provides health benefits ; yet, Hawaii has one of the worst rates of volunteerism in the United States.
In 1973, President Richard Nixon allowed the draft to expire, and the all-volunteer force was born. In 1974, President Gerald Ford granted amnesty to all draft evaders, and terminated the Selective Service Act (started in 1917) with Proclamation 4360, March 25, 1975.