10 U.S.C. § 2360 : US Code - Section 2360: Research and development laboratories: contracts for services of university students

Search 10 U.S.C. § 2360 : US Code - Section 2360: Research and development laboratories: contracts for services of university students

(a) Subject to the availability of appropriations for such
purpose, the Secretary of Defense may procure by contract under the
authority of this section the temporary or intermittent services of
students at institutions of higher learning for the purpose of
providing technical support at defense research and development
laboratories. Such contracts may be made directly with such
students or with nonprofit organizations employing such students.
(b) Students providing services pursuant to a contract made under
subsection (a) shall be considered to be employees for the purposes
of chapter 81 of title 5, relating to compensation for work
injuries, and to be employees of the government for the purposes of
chapter 171 of title 28, relating to tort claims. Such students who
are not otherwise employed by the Federal Government shall not be
considered to be Federal employees for any other purpose.
(c) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations to carry
out this section. Such regulations shall include definitions for
the purposes of this section of the terms "student", "institution
of higher learning", and "nonprofit organization".