---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 50d"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
number: "50d"
heading: "Services of students or recent graduates"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/50d"
units:
  - "Chapter 2 — United States Geological Survey"
---

# §50d. Services of students or recent graduates


The United States Geological [Survey](/usc/43/31b.md?p=10) may on and after November 29, 1999, contract directly with individuals or indirectly with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without regard to [section 6101 of title 41](/usc/41/6101.md), for the temporary or intermittent services of students or recent graduates, who shall be considered employees for the purposes of chapters [57](/usc/5/chptIII/sptD/ch57.md) and [81](/usc/5/chptIII/sptG/ch81.md) of title 5, relating to compensation for travel and work injuries, and [chapter 171](/usc/28/chptVI/ch171.md) of title 28, relating to tort claims, but shall not be considered to be Federal employees for any other purposes.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(3) [title I], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1535, 1501A–146.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

In text, “section 6101 of title 41” substituted for “41 U.S.C. 5” on authority of Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(e) [title I], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–231, 2681–243.