(b)
Terms and Conditions.—
An employee of a private sector organization assigned to an agency under this chapter—
(1)
may continue to receive pay and benefits from the private sector organization from which he is assigned;
(2)
is deemed, notwithstanding subsection (a), to be an employee of the agency for the purposes of—
(B)
sections
201,
203,
205,
207,
208,
209,
603,
606,
607,
643,
654,
1905, and
1913 of title
18;
(D)
the Federal Tort Claims Act and any other Federal tort liability statute;
(E)
the Ethics in Government Act of 1978;
(F)
section 1043 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and
(G)
chapter 21 of title
41;
(3)
may not have access to any trade secrets or to any other nonpublic information which is of commercial value to the private sector organization from which he is assigned; and
(4)
is subject to such regulations as the President may prescribe.
The supervision of an employee of a private sector organization assigned to an agency under this chapter may be governed by agreement between the agency and the private sector organization concerned. Such an assignment may be made with or without reimbursement by the agency for the pay, or a part thereof, of the employee during the period of assignment, or for any contribution of the private sector organization to employee benefit systems.