[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 207 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 207

Designating March 31, 2002, and March 31, 2003, as ``National Civilian 
                       Conservation Corps Day''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 12, 2002

  Mr. Bingaman (for himself, Mr. Lugar, Mrs. Carnahan, Mr. Bond, Mr. 
 Torricelli, and Mr. DeWine) submitted the following resolution; which 
             was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Designating March 31, 2002, and March 31, 2003, as ``National Civilian 
                       Conservation Corps Day''.

Whereas the Civilian Conservation Corps, commonly known as the CCC, was an 
        independent Federal agency that deserves recognition for its lasting 
        contribution to natural resources conservation and infrastructure 
        improvements on public lands in the United States and for its 
        outstanding success in providing employment and training to thousands of 
        Americans;
Whereas March 31, 2002, is the 69th anniversary, and March 31, 2003, is the 70th 
        anniversary, of the signing by President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the 
        Emergency Conservation Work Act, a precursor to the Civilian 
        Conservation Corps Act that established the CCC;
Whereas, between 1933 and 1942, the CCC provided employment and vocational 
        training for more than 3,000,000 men, including unemployed youths, more 
        than 250,000 veterans of the Spanish American War and World War I, and 
        more than 80,000 Native Americans in conservation and natural resources 
        development work, defense work on military reservations, and forest 
        protection;
Whereas the CCC coordinated a mobilization of men, material, and transportation 
        on a scale never previously known in time of peace;
Whereas the CCC managed more than 4,500 camps in every State and the then-
        territories of Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands;
Whereas the CCC left a legacy of natural resources and infrastructure 
        improvements that included planting more than 3,000,000,000 trees, 
        building 46,854 bridges, restoring 3,980 historical structures, 
        developing more than 800 state parks, improving 3,462 beaches, creating 
        405,037 signs, markers, and monuments, and building 63,256 structures 
        and 8,045 wells and pump houses;
Whereas the benefits of many CCC projects are still enjoyed by Americans today 
        in national and state parks, forests, and other lands, including the 
        National Arboretum in Washington, DC, Bandelier National Monument in New 
        Mexico, Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina and 
        Tennessee, Yosemite National Park in California, Acadia National Park in 
        Maine, Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, and Vicksburg National 
        Military Park in Mississippi;
Whereas the CCC provided a foundation of self-confidence, responsibility, 
        discipline, cooperation, communication, and leadership for its 
        participants through education, training, and hard work, and 
        participants made many lasting friendships in the CCC;
Whereas the CCC demonstrated the commitment of the United States to the 
        conservation of land, water, and natural resources on a national level 
        and to leadership in the world on public conservation efforts; and
Whereas the conservation of the Nation's land, water, and natural resources is 
        still an important goal of the American people: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) designates both March 31, 2002, and March 31, 2003, as 
        ``National Civilian Conservation Corps Day''; and
            (2) requests that the President issue a proclamation 
        calling on the people of the United States to observe the day 
        with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
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