[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 46 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 46

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 5, 2003

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

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Designating 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, 2003, is the 70th anniversary of the signing by President 
        Franklin D. Roosevelt of the law historically known as the Emergency 
        Conservation Work Act, a precursor to the 1937 law that established the 
        Civilian Conservation Corps;
Whereas, between 1933 and 1942, the CCC provided employment and vocational 
        training in the conservation and development of natural resources, the 
        protection of forests, and the construction and maintenance of military 
        reservations to 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;
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 each of the then 48 States and 
        Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands;
Whereas the CCC left a legacy of natural resources and infrastructure 
        improvements that included 3,000,000,000 new trees, 46,854 bridges, 
        3,980 restored historical structures, more than 800 state parks, 3,462 
        improved beaches, 405,037 signs, markers, and monuments, 8,045 wells and 
        pump houses, and 63,256 other structures;
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 the District of Columbia, 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 requests the President to issue a 
proclamation--
            (1) designating March 31, 2003, as ``National Civilian 
        Conservation Corps Day''; and
            (2) calling on the people of the United States to observe 
        the day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
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