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Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Volunteer Organization Protection
Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. LIABILITY PROTECTION FOR ORGANIZATION OR ENTITY.

The Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 14501 et seq.) is
amended--
(1) in section 3 (42 U.S.C. 14502)--
(A) in subsection (a), by inserting after
''relating to volunteers'' the following: ''or
volunteer nonprofit organizations''; and
(B) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding
paragraph (1), by inserting after ''against a
volunteer'' the following: ''or a volunteer nonprofit
organization'';
(2) in section 4 (42 U.S.C. 14503)--
(A) in the heading, by inserting ''and volunteer
nonprofit organizations'' after ''volunteers'';
(B) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the
following:
''(c) Liability Protection for Organization or Entity.--
''(1) In general.--No volunteer nonprofit organization
shall be liable for harm caused by an act or omission of a
volunteer on behalf of the organization unless--
''(A) the organization would be liable for the act
or omission under generally applicable laws governing
the direct or vicarious liability of organizations; and
''(B) the organization itself has expressly
authorized the specific conduct constituting the act or
omission.
''(2) Government request or authorization.--Notwithstanding
paragraph (1), no volunteer nonprofit organization shall be
liable for harm caused by an act or omission of the
organization or of a volunteer acting on behalf of the
organization if--
''(A) the organization or the volunteer engaged in
the act or omission at the request of or pursuant to an
authorization by the Federal Government, a State
government, or any agency or subdivision thereof; and
''(B)(i) the requesting or authorizing governmental
entity would have been immune from suit or from
liability in damages if the entity had engaged in the
act or omission itself or through an employee, agent,
or independent contractor; or
''(ii) any governmental employee, agent, or
contractor who had engaged in the act or omission on
behalf of the requesting or authorizing governmental
entity would have been immune from suit or from
liability in damages by virtue of immunity extended to
individual governmental actors.
''(3) Rule of construction.--Except as provided in
paragraphs (1) and (2), nothing in this section shall be
construed to affect the liability of any nonprofit organization
or governmental entity with respect to harm caused to any
person.'';
(C) in subsection (d)--
(i) by striking paragraph (2); and
(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and
(4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively;
(D) in subsection (e)(1)--
(i) by striking ''against a volunteer'' and
inserting the following: ''against--
''(A) a volunteer''; and
(ii) by striking the period at the end and
inserting the following: ''; or
''(B) a volunteer nonprofit organization in an
action brought for harm based on the action of a
volunteer acting within the scope of the volunteer's
responsibilities to the organization unless the
claimant establishes by clear and convincing evidence
that the organization itself expressly authorized the
volunteer's action and did so with a conscious,
flagrant indifference to the rights or safety of the
individual harmed.''; and
(E) in subsection (f)(1), by inserting ''or of a
volunteer nonprofit organization'' after ''liability of
a volunteer'';
(3) in section 5 (42 U.S.C. 14504)--
(A) in subsection (a)--
(i) by inserting ''or a volunteer nonprofit
organization'' after ''action against a
volunteer''; and
(ii) by inserting ''or volunteer nonprofit
organization'' after ''liability of the
volunteer''; and
(B) in subsection (b)--
(i) in paragraph (1), by inserting ''or a
volunteer nonprofit organization'' after ''who
is a volunteer''; and
(ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting ''or a
volunteer nonprofit organization'' after ''who
is a volunteer''; and
(4) in section 6 (42 U.S.C. 14505)--
(A) by striking ''For purposes of this Act'' and
inserting ''(a) In General.--For purposes of this
Act''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
''(b) Volunteer Nonprofit Organizations.--
''(1) Qualification as a volunteer nonprofit
organization.--
''(A) Actions conducted through volunteers.--A
nonprofit organization that conducts substantially all
of its activities solely through the actions of
volunteers or of independent contractors is a volunteer
nonprofit organization for purposes of this Act.
''(B) Organization with no employees.--A nonprofit
organization that has no employees is conclusively
presumed to be a volunteer nonprofit organization for
purposes of this Act.
''(C) Local affiliated organizations with no
employees.--
''(i) Presumption.--A nonprofit
organization is presumed to be a volunteer
nonprofit organization for purposes of this Act
if the primary office and the majority of the
employees of the organization function
primarily to provide support to local
affiliated organizations that do not have
employees and that act in furtherance of the
organization's nonprofit mission.
''(ii) Rebuttal.--The presumption under
clause (i) may be rebutted only by clear and
convincing evidence that the board of the
nonprofit organization expressly authorized the
employees of the nonprofit organization to
assert active control over the local affiliated
organization with respect to the act or
omission in question.
''(D) Public charities; private foundations; social
welfare organizations.--A nonprofit organization is a
volunteer nonprofit organization for purposes of this
Act if the organization--
''(i) has fewer than 50 employees;
''(ii) has annual gross receipts of less
than $200,000; and
''(iii) is--
''(I) an organization described in
paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section
509(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 that is exempt from taxation under
section 501(a) of such Code;
''(II) a private foundation, as
defined in section 509 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, that is exempt
from taxation under section 501(a) of
such Code; or
''(III) an organization operated
exclusively for the promotion of social
welfare that is described in section
501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 and is exempt from taxation
under section 501(a) of such Code.
''(2) Acts by a volunteer nonprofit organization.--
''(A) Governing documents of organization.--A
volunteer nonprofit organization acts 'itself' for
purposes of this Act only if the person or body that is
authorized by the governing documents of the
organization to act in the name of and on behalf of the
organization expressly acts in accordance with those
documents.
''(B) Applicable state law.--If the governing
documents of a volunteer nonprofit organization do not
identify the person or body that is authorized to act
in the name of and on behalf of the organization, the
organization acts 'itself' for purposes of this Act
only if the person or body whose action is required
under the applicable State law in order to bind the
organization acts strictly in accordance with that
State law.''.
Output:
Volunteer Organization Protection Act of 2015 Amends the Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 to expand liability protections to volunteer nonprofit organizations for harm caused by an act or omission of a volunteer on behalf of the organization. Prohibits such liability protections from applying if the organization: (1) would be liable under laws governing the direct or vicarious liability of organizations, and (2) expressly authorized the specific conduct constituting the act or omission. Bars such an organization from liability for harm caused by the organization, or a volunteer acting on its behalf, if the act or omission was at the request of, or pursuant to an authorization by, the federal government, a state government, or another governmental subdivision, provided that: (1) the requesting or authorizing governmental entity would have been immune from suit or from liability in damages if the entity had engaged in the act or omission itself or through an employee, agent,or independent contractor; or (2) any governmental employee, agent, or contractor who had engaged in the act or omission on behalf of the requesting or authorizing governmental entity would have been immune from suit or from liability in damages by virtue of immunity extended to individual governmental actors. Prohibits punitive damages from being awarded against a volunteer nonprofit organization for the actions of a volunteer within the scope of the volunteer's responsibilities to the organization unless the claimant establishes by clear and convincing evidence that the organization itself expressly authorized the volunteer's action with a conscious, flagrant indifference to the rights or safety of the individual harmed. Sets forth factors to be considered to determine whether a nonprofit organization is presumed to be a volunteer nonprofit organization.