---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 3111a"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "3111a"
heading: "Federal internship programs"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/3111a"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart B — Employment and Retention"
  - "Chapter 31 — Authority for Employment"
  - "Subchapter I — Employment Authorities"
---

# §3111a. Federal internship programs

- (a) **Internship Coordinator.—** The head of each [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) operating an internship program shall appoint an individual within such [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) to serve as an internship coordinator.
- (b) **Online Information.—**
  - (1) **Agencies.—** The [Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) of Personnel Management shall make publicly available on the Internet—
    - (A) the name and contact information of the internship coordinator for each [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1); and
    - (B) information regarding application procedures and deadlines for each internship program.
  - (2) **Office of personnel management.—** The [Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) of Personnel Management shall make publicly available on the Internet links to the websites where the information described in [paragraph (1)](#b-1) is displayed.
- (c) **Definitions.—** For purposes of this section—
  - (1) the term “internship program” means—
    - (A) a volunteer [service](/usc/5/8401.md?p=26) program under [section 3111(b)](/usc/5/3111.md?p=b);
    - (B) an internship program established under Executive Order 13562, dated December 27, 2010 (75 Federal Register 82585);
    - (C) a program operated by a nongovernment organization for the purpose of providing paid internships in [agencies](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) under a written agreement that is similar to an internship program established under Executive Order 13562, dated December 27, 2010 (75 Federal Register 82585); or
    - (D) a program that—
      - (i) is similar to an internship program established under Executive Order 13562, dated December 27, 2010 (75 Federal Register 82585); and
      - (ii) is authorized under another statutory provision of law;
  - (2) the term “intern” means an individual participating in an internship program; and
  - (3) the term “[agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1)” means an [Executive agency](/usc/5/6501.md?p=2).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title XI, § 1109(a), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1614.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Executive Order 13562, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), is set out as a note under section 3301 of this title.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Regulations

Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title XI, § 1109(c), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1615, provided that: “The Office of Personnel Management may prescribe regulations to carry out the amendment made by subsection (a) [enacting this section].”