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Policy & Procedures
Engineer Pamphlets
- EP 1130-2-500, dated 27 December 1996 revised 1 June 2006
Project Operations - Partners and Support (Work Management Guidance and Procedures)
Engineer Regulations
- ER 1130-2-500, dated 27 December 1996 revised 1 June 2006
Project Operations - Partners and Support (Work Management Policies)This regulation establishes the policy for the management of operation and maintenance
activities of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) personnel performing civil works functions
related to flood control, navigation, dredging, hydroelectric power generation, environmental
stewardship, and recreation services at water resource, waterway, and other USACE projects.
Policy Letter
- 04-01, dated 27 October 2004
Volunteer Value of Service Hourly RateThis memorandum initiated the Corps using the Independent Sector's hourly rate to
determine the value of volunteer service.
Since 2005, the value of volunteer service is calculated automatically in OMBIL by entering
the number of volunteer hours.
For reference, the volunteer value of service hourly rates
- FY 2024 - $33.49
- FY 2023 - $31.80
- FY 2022 - $29.95
- FY 2021 - $28.54
- FY 2020 - $27.20
- FY 2019 - $25.43
- FY 2018 - $24.69
- FY 2017 - $24.14
- FY 2016 - $23.56
- FY 2015 - $23.07
- FY 2014 - $22.55
- FY 2013 - $22.14
- FY 2012 - $21.79
- FY 2011 - $21.36
- FY 2010 - $20.85
- FY 2009 - $20.25
- FY 2008 - $19.51
- FY 2007 - $18.77
- FY 2006 - $18.04
- FY 2005 - $17.55
- FY 2004 - $17.19
- Implementation Guidance, dated 12 August 2016, dated 11/2/11
This memorandum provides implementation guidance for Section 1047(d) of WRRDA 2014.
Section 1047(d), "Services of Volunteers," amended Chapter IV of title I of Public Law 98-63 (33
U.S.C ยง 569c) to expand the definition of "incidental expenses" to include expenses relating to
uniforms, transportation, lodging, and the subsistence of volunteers. In addition to the WRRDA
amendments, other changes in policy were made to update the ER/EP. This memorandum
supersedes and replaces the ER and EP 1130-2-500 Chapter 10. No other chapters of ER & EP
1130-2-500 are affected by this policy memorandum and all other chapters remain in effect.
These policy changes to the Volunteer Program are effective immediately and will be
incorporated in the referenced ER and EP when they are revised.
- Volunteer Background Investigation Policy Update, dated March 2020
- Webinar on
Procedures Update - 19 March 2020
Guidance for Section 1047(d) Services of Volunteers, of the
Water Resources and Development Act of 2013, Public Law 113-121" for volunteer background
investigations. The guidance is provided to meet the most current security standards for
processing background investigations and to provide consistency in procedures across all
MSCs. These procedural updates are effective immediately and will be incorporated in the
appropriate ER/EP when they are revised.
- Volunteer Bonding Policy Letter, dated 07 September 2016
Public Law Regulation
- 33 USC 569c, Public Law 98-63, Chapter IV of Title, Services of Volunteers
33 USC 569c, further amended by WRRDA 2014 authorized: The United States Army Chief of
Engineers may accept the services of volunteers and provide for their incidental expenses,
including expenses relating to uniforms, transportation, lodging, and the subsistence of those
volunteers, to carry out any activity of the Army Corps of Engineers except policy-making or
law or regulatory enforcement. Such volunteers shall not be employees of the United States
Government except for the purposes of (1) chapter 171 of title 28, relating to tort claims, and
(2) chapter 81 of title 5, relating to compensation for work injuries.
- 42 USC 139, Public Law 105-19, Volunteer Protection Act of 1997
The purpose of this act is to promote the interests of social service program beneficiaries and
taxpayers and to sustain the availability of programs, nonprofit organizations, and
governmental entities that depend on volunteer contributions by reforming the laws to
provide certain protections from liability abuses related to volunteers serving nonprofit
organizations and governmental entities.
Memos
- 04/26/24 Volunteer Value for FY 2024 = $33.49
The FY24 figure for the value of service per hour of volunteer time is $33.49. When entering FY24 volunteer data in CWBI-OPS later this year, this value will be auto-calculated for you. https://independentsector.org/resource/value-of-volunteer-time/ For consistency, it is the rate used by all the federal land management agencies to calculate their volunteer value each year. This information will also be posted on the NRM Gateway at: - https://corpslakes.erdc.dren.mil/employees/faqs.cfm? Id=volunteer&View=Yes
- https://corpslakes.erdc.dren.mil/employees/pol icy.cfm?Id=volunteer&Code=All&View=Yes
- 02/02/24 2023 Volunteer Award Recipients
pleased to share the attached memos, signed by Thomas P. Smith, Chief of Operations and Regulatory, announcing the selection of the awardees for the 2023 Excellence in Partnership Award and the National Volunteer of the Year Award. These awards will be presented to each of the recipients later this year.
National Volunteer Award: This year's USACE national volunteer of the year award recipients are Tim and Pam Harrison of Kaw Lake in the Tulsa District. The Harrisons have donated 6,763 hours of volunteer service over a five-year period including 1,475 hours in FY 2023. While at Kaw Lake, the Harrisons have supported a wide range of objectives, including visitor assistance, interpretation, landscaping, hazard tree removal, invasive species removal, campground host duties and routine repairs and maintenance. Throughout their service at Kaw Lake, they have been invaluable in recovering from several natural disasters, including the 2018 high pool event, the 2019 flood of record, the 2020 historic ice storm, and countless other storm and high wind-related events.
I want to extend my sincere appreciation for the incredible service that all of our partners and volunteers continue to provide USACE and this Nation each and every day!
Jeff Jeffrey F. Krause Chief, Natural Resources Management
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